EN 50600-4-8:2022

Information technology - Data centre facilities and infrastructures - Part 4-8: Carbon usage effectiveness

Publication date:   Jun 15, 2023

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60.60 Standard published   Dec 23, 2022

CENELEC

CLC/TC 215 Electrotechnical aspects of telecommunication equipment

European Norm

35.020   Information technology (IT) in general | 35.110   Networking | 35.160   Microprocessor systems

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Scope

This document specifies the Carbon Usage Effectiveness as a KPI to quantify the CO2 emissions of a data centre during the use phase of the data centre life cycle.
This document
a) defines the Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE) of a data centre,
b) introduces CUE measurement categories,
c) describes the relationship of this KPI to a data centre’s infrastructure, information technology equipment and information technology operations,
d) defines the measurement, the calculation and the reporting of the parameter,
e) provides information on the correct interpretation of the CUE.

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EN 50600-4-8:2022
60.60 Standard published
Dec 23, 2022