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Measuring the environmental impact of data centers to take more effective action

APL Data Center and Data4 invite you to download a white paper revealing the full results of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of a 5 MW data center, from its construction to its decommissioning.

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Wooden data centers: an alternative for eco-design in the era of AI?

The construction of a data center generates a significant carbon footprint, mainly attributable to the use of concrete and steel structures. Although the use of "low-carbon" concrete is growing, wood is now emerging as a credible alternative to reduce this impact, while meeting the technical and security requirements of these critical infrastructures.

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Managing Fire Risks Associated with Lithium-Ion Batteries in Data Centers

Lithium-ion batteries, with their high energy density and longevity, are gradually replacing lead-acid batteries to secure the power supply of data centers. Although high-performing, these batteries present (rather rare) risks of thermal runaway.

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Climate change, an opportunity to develop sustainable data centers in Africa?

As part of its partnership with ADCA (Africa Data Centres Association), initiated in January 2024, Lab-by-APL is publishing a white paper titled "Climate Change, an Opportunity to Build Green DC's in Africa?"

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Environmental Labeling of a LAN Network and Enterprise Telephony Services

APL Data Center participated in establishing a framework for calculating the environmental impact of LAN networks and enterprise telephony services, now complemented by a white paper and a calculator available as open source on the Club des Dirigeants Réseaux et Télécoms (CDRT) website.

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Reduce the environmental impact of home networks

Regardless of the sector, reducing energy consumption, and more broadly, the environmental footprint, has become a major concern for organizations. For telecom operators, one of the challenges is to optimize the consumption of Internet boxes and TV decoders, which are, by definition, deployed in the majority of households.

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Controlling and Optimizing the Environmental Impact of Data Centers

The Alliance Green IT (AGIT), an association whose objective is to identify and share best practices for moving toward more environmentally responsible digital technology, is publishing a new white paper.

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Energy and environmental performance indicators for data centers

The result of collaborative work between the members of Alliance Green IT, France Datacenter, and Gimélec, this white paper lists all indicators, best practices, and levers to continuously measure and optimize the energy and environmental performance of data centers.

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