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Is the data center located near the main activity ?

Advice 

Location

B People

B Planet

B Prosperity

Difficulty

N/A

Priority

/

Récurrence

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Tests

Have the needs, costs and impacts of travel on the data center been assessed?

Precisions

Physical trips to datacenters are by nature infrequent, but synchronizations with on-site technical teams are sometimes essential. The distance must be minimized to reduce the impacts of these trips

Additional elements

Rule for assessing the level of compliance of the criterion

0 / 0

Life cycle

Acquisition

5 other criteria related to the recommendation: Combine human and technical aspects

Advice

Social

Do all of the service provider's employees have social and salary conditions equivalent to those of the data center customer ?

Advice

Location

Are trips for interventions to the data center possible by public transport or soft mobility ?

Advice

Social

Does the data center support the local economic ecosystem ?

Recommendation

Social

Does the material come from companies known to respect the labor code ?

Recommendation

Social

Is the equipment made by environmentally friendly companies ?