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Green Data Centers: Towards a Sustainable Digital Transformation - A Practitioner’s Guide

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dc.contributor.authorInternational Telecommunication Union
dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-05T20:05:01Z
dc.date.available2023-12-05T20:05:01Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-05
dc.description.abstractReliable, secure data hosting solutions are becoming increasingly important to support everyday functions across societies, including for public management and service delivery. As a result, investments in data infrastructure are increasing around the world, contributing to growth of the digital economy and to goals for digital transformation of public administration and services. Data infrastructure such as data centers and cloud solutions are essential for modern societies, but they are also highly energy intensive and consume refrigerants and often large amounts of water for cooling. As such, they leave a large environmental footprint and contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Climate change also affects data centers. Climate hazards such as floods and increasing temperatures put data centers at risk and require site specific adaptation measures to protect investments and ensure resilient data storage. To ensure sustainable digital transformation, efforts are needed to green digital infrastructure, this includes managing climate risks and reducing the climate and environmental footprint of data centers. A wide range of practitioners are involved in decisions related to greening data centers. These individuals encompass policy makers developing digital economy and digital transformation strategies, as well as the engineers and technicians working every day on the floors of data centers. This guide takes the vantage point of public practitioners, but its fundamental principles apply to any stakeholder engaged in policymaking, regulation, or the development, operation, or procurement of data center infrastructure and services. Opportunities for and barriers to greening data centers are context specific, and strategies and policies should consider local conditions. Designed with a global outlook, the guide examines specific challenges and opportunities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099112923171023760/P17859700914e40f60869705b924ae2b4e1
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40696
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-61-37481-5 (print)
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-61-37491-4 (PDF)
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-61-37501-0 (ePub)
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40696
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderInternational Telecommunication Union and The World Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectDATA HOSTING
dc.subjectDATA CENTERS
dc.subjectCLIMATE RESILIENCE
dc.subjectGREENING
dc.subjectPUBLIC PROCUREMENT
dc.titleGreen Data Centersen
dc.title.subtitleTowards a Sustainable Digital Transformation - A Practitioner’s Guideen
dc.typeReport
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.date.disclosure2023-12-05
okr.date.lastmodified2023-11-29T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Infrastructure Study
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099112923171023760/P17859700914e40f60869705b924ae2b4e1
okr.guid099112923171023760
okr.identifier.docmidP178597-0914e486-6950-40f6-8697-5b924ae2b4e1
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40696
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34204704
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34204704
okr.identifier.report186095
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099112923171023760/pdf/P17859700914e40f60869705b924ae2b4e1.pdfen
okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.sectorICT Services
okr.themeAdaptation,Mitigation,ICT,Economic Policy,ICT Solutions,Green Growth,Economic Growth and Planning,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Private Sector Development,Climate change
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::ICT Economics
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::ICT Policy and Strategies
okr.topicEnvironment::Adaptation to Climate Change
okr.unitBrdband
okr.unitCybersec.&Digital4Climat (IDD09)
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