Sustainable cloud
Pioneering the sustainable cloud for 25 years
For more than 25 years, our commitment to innovation has been focused on making the cloud more responsible, to reduce our - and our customer’s - carbon footprint.
At OVHcloud, we have been using our proprietary water cooling technology at scale to cool down our servers since 2003. This unique approach allows us to operate our datacentres with no air conditioning, thereby reducing our energy consumption.
Moreover, as the only cloud provider manufacturing, disassembling and upcycling its own servers, our customers benefit from optimised costs, a safer infrastructure and an accessible range of servers, thanks to our second-and third-life servers. We strive to be transparent on our full environmental impact and educate our customers to guide their choice of consumption.
Our commitments
100% low carbon energy
We are committed to increasing our mix of renewable and low-carbon energy by 2025.
Reducing emissions
Reduce GHG emissions from Scope 1 and Scope 2 by 73.4% in absolute terms by 2030, and GHG emissions from Scope 3 by 52% per unit of value added within the same timeframe, in line with the Paris Agreement. 1
Zero waste to landfill
We are committed to zero waste to landfill by 2025 on waste generated by our manufacturing processes, with a consistent geographical scope.
1 For Scope 2: mainly due to the reduction of datacentre electricity consumption and the increase of the share of renewable energy in energy purchases.
For Scope 3: in particular through the circular approach and sustainable procurement for IT components, optimisation of freight and travel.
Our results
We have been reporting our annual indicators since 2021. We calculate our PUE over the 12 months of the year and over a scope of 88% of our datacentres. We are also ISO30134-2 compliant for the PUE and ISO30134-9 for the WUE.
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
Measures datacentre efficiency. The closer the PUE is to 1, the better.
Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE)
It measures the efficiency of our water consumption The closer the WUE is to 0, the better.
Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE)
It measures the emissions of our datacentre operations (our direct emissions, and indirect emissions due to electricity consumption). The closer CUE is to 0, the better.
100%
of OVHcloud servers are disassembled after use
27%
of components are reused
92%
of the energy factor in our energy mix is renewable
63%
of our datacentres (27 on 43) are located on reclaimed brownfield sites
We are sustainable by design
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We are the only global cloud provider that manufactures and dismantles its own servers.
Our factories, located in Croix, France and Beauharnois, Canada, give us complete control over the design and production processes with significant advantages in terms of innovation, competitiveness and resilience. Our manufacturing process is circular and short: 100% of servers are disassembled after use, and all components are tested before being reused, if possible. Thanks to this vertical model, our servers have a lifespan of at least five years. We extend this circular approach when it comes to choosing the location of our datacentres, restoring old brownfields rather than building new buildings. By choosing OVHcloud, our customers also benefit from this model while optimising their own carbon footprint.
Water cooling: an innovation in our datacentres
Since 2003, we have been developing, using and refining our water cooling system to dissipate the heat emitted by CPUs and GPUs.
By taking advantage of the lower thermal resistance of water compared to air, we are constantly refining our cooling techniques in order to achieve the best energy use efficiency (PUE) and water use efficiency (WUE) indicators on the market for each datacentre.
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Taking it further with our carbon calculator
Since 2023, we have offered our customers a carbon calculator allowing them to generate monthly reports on their cloud carbon emissions. The OVHcloud carbon calculator provides transparent and comprehensive information covering Scopes 1, 2 and 3*, from the manufacturing phase to infrastructure operation. To date, OVHcloud is the only cloud provider to offer a comprehensive component lifecycle analysis. Providing our customers with a better understanding of the carbon footprint of their cloud infrastructure is part of a transparent approach that also encourages more responsible practices.
*Manufacturing + Electricity + Operations = Greenhouse gas emissions
Our certifications
ISO 50001 Standard for energy management systems
EU code of conduct on datacentre energy efficiency
Our products
All of our cloud products and solutions are part of this trusted cloud approach:
