数据中心可持续发展：循环数据中心指南针 - 支持数据中心行业的可持续性和循环性.pdf

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 C