1、OCP Global Summit October 18,2023|San Jose,CADeborah Andrews,CEDaCI/London South Bank UniversityThe Circular Data Centre Compass Supporting Sustainability&Circularity in the Data Centre IndustryThe Data Centre Industry in numbersThe Data Centre Industry in numbersData centre equipment in use/discard

2、edUnknown billions products/tonnes materials?Speed of sectoral development&emphasis on service provision.Linear model of consumptionFinite resourcesCriticalShort lifetimesStockpilingProcurement barriersGrowing e-wasteLow recycling ratesUnderdeveloped infrastructurePlanned obsolescence Reuse/refurbis

3、hment-difficult by designTAKEMAKEUSEDISPOSEDouble TroubleEnd-of-life e-waste17%e-waste formally collectedand recycled 2023 50m tonnes/yr2050 120 m tonnes/yrCriticality of Raw Materials CRM supply to DCI key mines/supplier locationsthreat to supply.unique,interdisciplinary,multi-output initiative 20+

4、partners in UK,FR,DE,NL,IE,BE,LUuses whole-systems thinking in order to reduce e-wasteincrease resource efficiency materials/energyprevent supply chain problemssecure uninterrupted DC operation&serviceCEDaCI A Circular Economy for the Data Centre Industry Primary source data collection all partners

5、inventory building/improving recycling/CRM reclamation/building LCA,LCC and S-LCA models for Pilots (design/manufacture,second-life,end-of-life)and CEDaCI CompassCarbon Tunnel VisionComprehensive LCA 1.Climate change2.Resource depletion(fresh water)3.Human toxicity4.Abiotic resource depletion5.Fossi

6、l fuel resource depletion6.Eutrophication7.Acidification earth and oceans8.Ozone layer depletion9.Ionizing radiation10.Particulate matter11.Land and land use change Comparing carbon assessments/LCA results indicate much higher embodied impact First full Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Criti

7、cality Assessment of DC equipmentCDCC-Circular Data Centre Compass Assesses entire equipment life cycle extraction of raw materials,manufacturing/assembly,transportation,use&end-of-life stagesCircular Footprint Formula accounts for benefits&burdens,resulting from use of secondary and virgin material

8、s,and recycling and energy recovery.Compare to find out which equipment is most circular select Build your data centre then configure your server/s.Knowledge sharing 20+co-creation eventsTraining 80 SMEs/70+non-profits,large enterprises,multi-nationals Presented at 70+eventsPublished 20+academic/press articleshttps:/cedaci-compass.weloop.org/https:/ Global Summit|October 18,2023|San Jose,CA