Your essential sustainability guide to Scope 3
If you are operating a data center, you probably already know that you should be reporting (or getting ready to report) emissions from your emergency generators which are Scope 1, the carbon footprint of your utility supply, your carbon usage effectiveness (CUE), your water use and water use effectiveness (WUE), which are Scope 2. You may also be hearing rumblings about the need to start looking at value chain/supplier emissions, which are Scope 3.
But what is Scope 3 really all about and is it something a data center operator should concern themselves with?
In this blog post, compare the expectations and the realities of Scope 3 that you need to know.