Recommendations by Sustainable Development Goal #7
Goal : AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY
Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity.
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Location
Is the waste from the data center recovered or recycled ?
Energy
Is PUE (Power Usage Effectivness) available ?
Location
Does cooling affect groundwater ?
Location
Does the location of the data center affect the ecosystem nearby ?
Location
Is the quality of the water degraded by its use in the data center ?
Location
Does the water used come from the drinking water supply ?
Location
Is the data center causing noise pollution ?
Energy
Is any of the produced indirect energy (heat) reused ?
Energy
Is the building LEED / BDM certified or equivalent ?
Energy
Is the cooling optimized based on accurate temperature analysis ?
Energy
How and on what criteria is cooling optimized ?
Energy
Does the data center infrastructure take cooling constraints into account ?
Energy
Are the server power supplies efficient ?
Energy
Is the occupancy rate of the datacenter rooms optimized to improve the energy balance ?
Energie
Is WUE (Water Usage Effectivness) available ?
Energie
Does the provider subscribe to best practives for datacenters ?
Social
Do all of the service provider's employees have social and salary conditions equivalent to those of the data center customer ?
Location
Is the data center located near the main activity ?
Location
Are trips for interventions to the data center possible by public transport or soft mobility ?
Social
Does the data center support the local economic ecosystem ?
Social
Does the material come from companies known to respect the labor code ?
Social
Is the equipment made by environmentally friendly companies ?
Systems (software)
Is the size of the physical park in line with the number of virtual machines to be run ?
Energy
Are servers / routers turned off when not in use ?
Systems (software)
Is the allocated memory based on actual use ?
Systems (software)
Is the number of CPU cores allocated based on actual use ?
Systems (software)
Is the technical choice (shared, dedicated, clustered) optimised between the actual need and energy efficiency ?
Systems (software)
Are unused cores disabled ?
Systems (software)
Is the backup system incremental (disk optimization) ?
Systems (software)
Is the use of containers over virtual machines preferred ?
Systems (software)
Are Open Source solutions implemented when available ?
Equipment (hardware)
Is high availability designed in a modular fashion ?
Equipment (hardware)
Is provisioning / deprovisionning dynamic depending on the load ?
Equipment (hardware)
Do storage solutions reduce the number of components (for example: high density SSD media) ?
Energy
Are the servers and technical equipment certified ?
Systems (software)
Does the supplier display all of its indicators ?
Equipment (hardware)
Is the end-of-life equipment recycled or upcycled (sale / donation / recycling, etc.) ?
Energy
Does the electricity come from renewable energies ?
Energy
Does the datacenter provide reliable information in terms of energy consumption ?
Energy
Is the hosting company transparent about the carbon impact of the infrastructure and its usage for its customers ?
Social
Are the suppliers selected on the basis of their ability to communicate the differentiating indicators ?
Social
Are the legal structure, its subsidiaries and its parent company respectful of regulations and ethics ?
Equipment (hardware)
Is non-critical equipment obtained from reconditioning ?
Equipment (hardware)
Is the equipment repaired rather than replaced ?
Equipment (hardware)
Are servers and routers renewed when technologies allow better energy efficiency ?
Equipment (hardware)
Does the construction / sheath / insulation materials used allow for better energy efficiency. Does the building meet HQE, rt2012 or equivalent standards ?
Equipment (hardware)
What is the impact of data center cooling on the environment ?
Energy
Are carbon / water efficiency measurements available ?
Social
Does the hosting company apply a CSR / RGAA policy ?
Social
Does the company provide reliable guarantees in terms of GDPR ?
Social
Are the hosting company's advantages presented when advancing Sustainable IT ?
Social
Is all data subject to regulation (health, banking) secured on a server with a compatible level of security ?
Social
Is the hosting provider approved ?
Social
Does the supplier adhere to a standard / label ?