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Work item:
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L.GHGemissions_DC
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Subject/title:
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Methodologies for accounting Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Data Centers and Telecommunication Rooms
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Status:
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Under study [Issued from previous study period]
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Approval process:
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AAP
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Type of work item:
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Recommendation
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Version:
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New
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Equivalent number:
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Timing:
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2024 (Medium priority)
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Liaison:
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SBTi, GeSI, UNFCCC
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Supporting members:
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China, China Telecommunication Corporation, Orange, Ericsson, Huawei
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Summary:
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To understand the effect on GHG emissions of data centers and telecommunication rooms due to energy saving measures, deployment of different technologies and different types of energy supply, it is necessary to establish detailed GHG emissions accounting guidance. In particular, the data collection and the combination of data for various sources of electricity supply needs further guidance. Traditionally, operators are used to have access to information regarding their electricity consumption when supplied from the grid. However, use of own generation of electricity, such as solar, wind and (decreasingly) diesel power, makes the data collection and assessment of GHG emissions more complicated. Thus, this work item will provide guidance on how to consider this in assessments of GHG emissions of data centers and telecommunication rooms.
Recommendation ITU-T L.1410 provides the general principles on assessing the environmental impact of ICT. Recommendation ITU-T L.1450 provides the methodologies for calculating the ICT sector footprint with respect to life cycle greenhouse gas emissions. This work item is building on those and provide the detailed assessment guidance for data centers and telecommunication rooms.
With commitments of reaching Net Zero from different countries at different points in time, in the field of ICT, ITU should support the development of GHG emission reduction strategies for data centers and telecommunication rooms by providing methodologies for their accounting. Such methodologies would provide the means for accounting the progress of data centers and telecommunication rooms GHG emission reduction in different regions and for evaluating the effect of energy-savings and GHG emission reduction technologies.
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Comment:
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First registration in the WP:
2021-12-13 20:15:26
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Last update:
2023-12-01 09:15:34
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