OVHcloud has introduced an updated Environmental Impact Tracker, offering users a more comprehensive tool to measure emissions linked to their cloud usage. The new version expands coverage to include additional cloud services and moves towards broader environmental metrics beyond carbon output. This enhanced tool now accounts for variations in service usage and infrastructure types, enhancing accuracy.
The tracker now includes emissions across all three scopes, from manufacturing to daily operation, as well as lifecycle data related to energy use and hardware production. Third-party evaluation by IJO found the tracker’s methodology transparent and aligned with current practices.
In this updated version, emissions during usage are calculated using a combination of country-level averages and supplier-specific electricity data, providing users with more location-specific reporting. The tool also provides insights into emissions associated with reused or refurbished hardware, breaking down the contribution of component reconditioning to the overall footprint.
Future updates will incorporate additional environmental indicators such as water use, land impact, and resource consumption, offering users a broader perspective on their infrastructure’s impact beyond just emissions. These updates aim to provide users with more data to evaluate the environmental cost of their infrastructure and potentially adjust their workload building and running practices.
The Environmental Impact Tracker update aligns with OVHcloud’s commitment to sustainability, offering users measurable data on environmental performance. The company’s design of its data centres and servers, along with the use of water-cooling systems, contributes to relatively low power and water usage scores compared to industry averages. OVHcloud was ranked in the top 16% of companies in its sector by S&P Global Ratings for criteria such as energy use and environmental policies.
OVHcloud continues to enhance the Environmental Impact Tracker to support customers in understanding and managing their impact. Further updates are expected in the coming months, including support for additional metrics and cloud products.
