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What are Data Centres?... Accelerating growth in technology8.6 million data centres globally 60,000 in EU -66% in UK, Germany, France & Netherlands... Embodied impact - building life 60

CEDaCI

What are Data Centres?

Connectivity

Accelerating growth in technology

8.6 million data centres globally

60,000 in EU

-66% in UK, Germany, France & Netherlands

DC growth – 300% in EU by 2025 / 500% global 2030

Greatest impact - operational energy - emphasis on 24/7 operation and performance

Embodied impact - building life 60 years

15% of embodied environmental impact derives from building and facilities

85% derives from IT equipment

e.g 20 million servers etc =

0.56 million tonnes materials

DC equipment - replaced 1–5 years

Recycling reclamation & reuse

Official figures

~35% WEEE recycling in EU

~ 17% globally Actual figures – unknown

Remanufacture, reclamation & reuse?

End-of-Life

DCI growth much quicker than

reprocessing methods & infrastructure

Critical Raw Materials

British Geological Survey

Risk List 2015 –

elements of economic value

Green – low risk

Red – high risk

DC industry

CRM - EU

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Si CRM - 0.2% by mass

uses whole-life thinking and brings together representatives from all DCI sub-sectors to share knowledge and accelerate development of a sectoral Circular Economy

reduce waste and prevent supply chain problems to secure uninterrupted DC operation and service in the future

increase resource efficiency / reclamation & reuse of CRM in NWE

In first year CEDaCI has:​

Completed comprehensive situational analysis

Started building Network of representatives

from all DCI sub-sectors

Set up national expert Working Groups

Launched Pilots in UK, NL and FR

Held Co-creation workshops – WI

Disseminated information e.g website, in print,

Output / outcomes

Sectoral Situational Analysis

Knowledge transfer - Working Groups

Co-creation Workshops – national / international

Bespoke sectoral LCA / S-LCA / LCC

Eco-design guidelines for Circular Economy

Business models

Decision Making Tool

Training for 50+ SMEs – DMT

Output / outcomes

Pilots – increase Circularity

end of project – 80 servers reprocessed / 8 types /~4kg CRM reclaimed;

sectoral growth ongoing / material use / product decreases after 5 years - reuse rates increase to 65% / 35% becomes

‘waste’; all 10 CRM are recycled and 19% (201 t) is recycled after 10 years - 75% CRM reused in DCI / only 25% becomes

Network

representatives from all Data Centre Industry

life cycle stages

join via website

https://www.cedaci.org

Thank you

any questions?