OVHcloud has released an Environmental Impact Tracker with an enhanced version of the carbon calculator, now covering additional cloud universes and will soon provide a multi-criteria approach.
A highly innovative environmental impact tracking tool
The OVHcloud Environmental Impact Tracker enables customers to have a better understanding and track the carbon emissions associated with their use of cloud. The tool is an advanced version of the carbon calculator created in 2023 and considered to be the most comprehensive tool of its kind on the market. The Environmental Impact Tracker accurately measures the carbon footprint of infrastructures used for Baremetal, Hosted Private Cloud and Public Cloud Compute products, and will shortly be extended to Public Cloud Storage and Web Hosting. OVHcloud’s methodology for rigorous calculation of carbon emissions has been enhanced to take into account the complexity and variety of its products, enabling a very high level of accuracy and performance.
The OVHcloud Environmental Impact Tracker provides transparent and exhaustive information covering scopes 1, 2 and 3, from the manufacturing phase to the operation of the infrastructure, as well as offering a complete lifecycle analysis, both in terms of the components and carbon footprint linked to the consumption of cloud services. The latter consists of a benchmark based on the market offers, rewarded for its level of methodological achievement and transparency, as attested by the study carried out by the digital responsibility research and expertise firm IJO .
Enhanced features and criteria for more accurate and transparent information
OVHcloud is continuing to improve its Environmental Impact Tracker by integrating new cutting-edge functionalities. The latest innovations now make it possible to take into account emissions from the usage phase with two angles, using both the average emission factors of the countries and those of the electricity suppliers with which the Group works with, as well as the reconditioning of components during the server assembly phase. These improvements provide OVHcloud customers a better understanding of the carbon footprint of their cloud infrastructure and encourage more sustainable practices.
The Group will also soon be incorporating into the tool not only carbon emissions, but also water, abiotic resources and the impact of land use, offering a multi-criteria approach and mapping.
“In a world where every action counts, accurately and transparently assessing your environmental footprint is no longer an option – it is a responsibility. As a committed player, we support our customers in understanding and controlling their impact. That is why we are continually improving our Environmental Impact Tracker, a true market benchmark recognised for its methodological rigour and completeness. We are determined to pursue our commitments to contribute to a more sustainable and responsible cloud industry,” said Grégory Lebourg, Global Environmental Director at OVHcloud.
