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Data Center Sustainability Reporting: Advancement of Assessment Methodology for Energy Consumption by Virtualized Resources in Data Centers
The objective of this study was to explore how the assessment methodology for energy consumption of virtualized resources in data centers, currently leveraged in the case company, can be advanced. The case company headquartered in Europe, provides IT services, consulting, and cloud services through its large-scale data centers. Data centers (DCs) of the case company need to provide sustainability reports to the customers and comply with Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) entered into force in January 2023, which introduces the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). While CSRD provides the guidelines how the companies should report on their environmental impact, the regulatory framework does not offer any standardized assessment methodologies for sustainability KPIs. The current state analysis identified the lack of the standardized baseline for energy consumption measurements of virtualized resources in data centres of the case company, and the need for exploring additional metrics, which may impact on assessment for energy consumption of virtualized resources. The current state analysis revealed challenges on four stages of sustainability reporting process: Data Evaluation, Data Collection, Data Processing and Customer Reporting. The thesis focus was made on the stages related to the Data Evaluation and Data Processing, defined by the stakeholders as the most important areas for the improvement, where more research was needed. The thesis used qualitative research methods including eleven in-depth both unstructured and semi-structured interviews with relevant stakeholders. The theoretical framework related to the topics of sustainability reporting and the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric in particular. The proposal was built in co-creation with key stakeholders, after a thorough analysis and evaluation by the experts, and it was immediately incorporated into the assessment methodology currently leveraged in the case company. The outcome of this thesis is an enhanced assessment ...
Data Center Sustainability Reporting: Advancement of Assessment Methodology for Energy Consumption by Virtualized Resources in Data Centers
The objective of this study was to explore how the assessment methodology for energy consumption of virtualized resources in data centers, currently leveraged in the case company, can be advanced. The case company headquartered in Europe, provides IT services, consulting, and cloud services through its large-scale data centers. Data centers (DCs) of the case company need to provide sustainability reports to the customers and comply with Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) entered into force in January 2023, which introduces the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). While CSRD provides the guidelines how the companies should report on their environmental impact, the regulatory framework does not offer any standardized assessment methodologies for sustainability KPIs. The current state analysis identified the lack of the standardized baseline for energy consumption measurements of virtualized resources in data centres of the case company, and the need for exploring additional metrics, which may impact on assessment for energy consumption of virtualized resources. The current state analysis revealed challenges on four stages of sustainability reporting process: Data Evaluation, Data Collection, Data Processing and Customer Reporting. The thesis focus was made on the stages related to the Data Evaluation and Data Processing, defined by the stakeholders as the most important areas for the improvement, where more research was needed. The thesis used qualitative research methods including eleven in-depth both unstructured and semi-structured interviews with relevant stakeholders. The theoretical framework related to the topics of sustainability reporting and the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric in particular. The proposal was built in co-creation with key stakeholders, after a thorough analysis and evaluation by the experts, and it was immediately incorporated into the assessment methodology currently leveraged in the case company. The outcome of this thesis is an enhanced assessment ...
Data Center Sustainability Reporting: Advancement of Assessment Methodology for Energy Consumption by Virtualized Resources in Data Centers
Veselova, Victoria (author)
2023-01-01
URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023060321027
Theses
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
690
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