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Work item:
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L.ITservices_footprint
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Subject/title:
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Methodology to assess the environmental Footprint of data centre IT hosting services and cloud services
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Status:
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Under study
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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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-
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Timing:
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2026 (Medium priority)
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Liaison:
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ADEME PCR on Digital Services
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Supporting members:
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Resilio, Orange
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Summary:
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This Recommendation assists data centre operators and Cloud providers in assessing, interpreting, and reporting their impact of data centres hosting services and cloud services.
The Recommendation provides guidance to:
Describe the methodology for assessing the environmental impacts of data centres hosting services and cloud services;
A digital service is an activity characterised by the performance of a service or the provision of information using a set of digital equipment, digital infrastructures and other digital services to capture, circulate, process, analyse, restore and store data. This equipment and infrastructure are characterised in three tiers: terminals, telecommunication networks and IT centres; a set of software being used at different levels to "orchestrate" the physical equipment and deliver the expected service.
Although this activity is linked to one or more physical products (terminals, networks, servers), it is transient and often intangible.
Digital services can be delivered and used by companies, individuals, administrations, authorities and other entities.
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Comment:
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First registration in the WP:
2025-06-24 16:15:37
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Last update:
2026-07-02 14:11:52
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