To reach our Sustainability Goals by 2030 we need to systematically embed sustainability across the sector. This roadmap enables every industrial actor to connect, benchmark and deliver sustainability within their segment of Digital Infrastructure value chain. Through the universal reporting regimen, and the industry led action plan, the roadmap is simultaneously the reporting vehicle, and the collaboration vehicle that will ensure we hit sustainable digital infrastructure by 2030.
Join the Roadmap2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | ||
Emissions (CO2-eq) 80 Mt/year (e) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Digital Carbon FootprintImpact Principle Improve transparency and accountability of greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption in every stage of the digital value chain to enable better data for environmental impact assessments. Target Assessing a Digital Carbon Footprint is adopted as industry standard across the entire digital value chain for consistent monitoring and reporting. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Contributing SDIA Members: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consume renewable energyImpact Principle Decarbonize the energy consumed in sourcing of materials, production and operation of hardware (excl. end-consumer devices). Target The majority of data centers are consuming at least 50% renewable energy and use hardware with respective supply chain criteria. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Contributing SDIA Members: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Increase Utilization Rate of IT HardwareImpact Principle Improve the energy efficiency of IT Hardware Target Industry average Utilization rates average 60% Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Contributing SDIA Members: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy Consumption (TWh) 104 TWh/year (e) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leaner Architecture/Design for SoftwareImpact Principle Reduce the amount of energy required to complete IT workloads by simplifying their design, and improving the wider digital architecture Target It becomes industry standard to update, improve and remove software that is too code and compute intensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Contributing SDIA Members: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leaner Cooling System/Data Center Heat UtilizationImpact Principle Cooling Systems consume less energy it self and are designed to make excess heat available to offtakers. Target Cooling systems are designed to consume only 10% of the maximum utilized IT load and deliver 60% of their electrical input as excess heat to offtakers in non-tropical hemispheres. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Contributing SDIA Members: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NZEB BuildingImpact Principle Reduce the amount of energy required to build, operate and decommission a data center Target 90% of new build data centers are classed as nearly zero energy buildings Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Contributing SDIA Members: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electronic Waste (WEE) 12.3 Mt/year (e) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Standardization of IT HardwareImpact Principle Improve the recyclability and interoperability of IT hardware Target 90% of IT hardware are designed and built to a new industry developed standard Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Contributing SDIA Members: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Second Hand Hardware MarketsImpact Principle Improve the uptake of recycled and refurbished hardware Target 90% of industry hardware is resold on certified second hand hardware markets Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extended life hardwareImpact Principle Extending the design life of IT hardware Target It becomes industry standard for servers to be able to function with minor performance drops in its first 5 years of life. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Contributing SDIA Members: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recycling of PartsImpact Principle Improve recycling rates in hardware and their component parts Target 90% of new build hardware components are recyclable. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Circular DesignImpact Principle Reduce Resource consumption, pollutants and emissions by designing hardware and facilities with the full life cycle in mind. Target Creating and monitoring a circular design strategy is a standard for every producing, planning or energy intensive institution in the value chain. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Contributing SDIA Members: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resource Consumption (ADP) Not Available | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Digital Resource FootprintImpact Principle Improve transparency and accountability of resource consumption in every stage of the digital value chain to enable better data for environmental impact assessments. Target Assessing a Digital Resource Footprint is adopted as industry standard across the entire digital value chain for consistent monitoring and reporting. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Contributing SDIA Members: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zero-(Fresh) Water Cooling SystemImpact Principle Reduce the amount of fresh water consumption in the digital value chain Target 90% of data center water consumption comes out as clean as it came in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Contributing SDIA Members: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zero Rare Materials ConsumptionImpact Principle Reduce the amount of rare earth metal consumption across the digital value chain Target 90% of rare material consumption has been removed compared to consumption levels of 2021 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pollution (NOX) Not Available | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zero-Pollution Backup Power and Cooling SystemsImpact Principle Reduce the amount of pollutants produced on the operation of a data center Target 90% of data center operational pollutants (typically from backup power and cooling systems) are removed from data center facilities, compared to 2021 levels Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Digital Pollutant FootprintImpact Principle Improve transparency and accountability of pollutant emissions in every stage of the digital value chain to enable better data for environmental impact assessments. Target Assessing a Digital pollutant Footprint is adopted as industry standard across the entire digital value chain for consistent monitoring and reporting. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Contributing SDIA Members: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zero-Pollution ManufacturingImpact Principle Reduce the amount of pollutants produced during the manufacturing of IT hardware and construction materials Target 90% of pollutants have been removed from the manufacturing process, compared to 2021 levels Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Socioeconomic (Cost of Digital Power) Not Available | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Defining a standardized framework for quantifying Digital PowerImpact Principle Be able to define efficiency and performance by standardizing a definition of Digital Power Target Digital power can be quantified and defined, and later benchmarked and improved Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unbundling IT Hardware & SoftwareImpact Principle Improve utilization rates and reduce the cost of compute by increase competition and prevent natural monopolies forming Target IT becomes unbundled (separation of infrastructure and services), facilitating independent compute and service providers, through vendor neutral marketplaces Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Efficient Future Digital Infrastructure Architectures Edge Regional Hubs ExascaleImpact Principle Improving the efficiency and reliability of tomorrow's digital architecture Target Rural digitization connects more than 90% of Europe's population with redundant, cheap digital power Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): |