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CEDaCI Arial Deborah Andrews Associate Professor of Design, London South Bank University deborah.andrews@lsbu.ac.uk Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 What are Data Centres? Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 Connectivity Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 Accelerating growth in technology 8.6 million data centres globally 60,000 in EU 66% in UK, Germany, France & Netherlands Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 DC growth – 300% in EU by 2025 / 500% global 2030 Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 Greatest impact - operational energy - emphasis on 24/7 operation and performance Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 Embodied impact - building life 60 years 15% of embodied environmental impact derives from building and facilities 85% derives from IT equipment e.g 20 million servers etc = 0.56 million tonnes materials DC equipment - replaced 1–5 years Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 Recycling reclamation & reuse Official figures ~35% WEEE recycling in EU ~ 17% globally Actual figures – unknown Remanufacture, reclamation & reuse? End-of-Life DCI growth much quicker than reprocessing methods & infrastructure Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 Critical Raw Materials British Geological Survey Risk List 2015 – elements of economic value Green – low risk Red – high risk DC industry Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 CRM - EU Dy, Nd, Pr, Tb Sb Co Mg Pd Be Si CRM - 0.2% by mass Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 CEDaCI uses whole-life thinking and brings together representatives from all DCI sub-sectors to share knowledge and accelerate development of a sectoral Circular Economy reduce waste and prevent supply chain problems to secure uninterrupted DC operation and service in the future increase resource efficiency / reclamation & reuse of CRM in NWE Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 DialASheep Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 In first year CEDaCI has:​ Completed comprehensive situational analysis Started building Network of representatives from all DCI sub-sectors Set up national expert Working Groups Launched Pilots in UK, NL and FR Held Co-creation workshops – WI Disseminated information e.g website, in print, presentations at industry events and conferences DCD - Finalist Non-profit Industry Initiative of Year Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 Output / outcomes Sectoral Situational Analysis Knowledge transfer - Working Groups Co-creation Workshops – national / international Bespoke sectoral LCA / S-LCA / LCC Eco-design guidelines for Circular Economy Business models Decision Making Tool Training for 50+ SMEs – DMT Long Term Effects – Network Policy – influence / guidelines Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 Output / outcomes Pilots – increase Circularity end of project – 80 servers reprocessed / types /~4kg CRM reclaimed; sectoral growth ongoing / material use / product decreases after years - reuse rates increase to 65% / 35% becomes ‘waste’; all 10 CRM are recycled and 19% (201 t) is recycled after 10 years - 75% CRM reused in DCI / only 25% becomes ‘waste; 24% (309 t) of total CRM is recycled Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 Network Network representatives from all Data Centre Industry life cycle stages join via website https://www.cedaci.org ~50 registrations to date… Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019 Thank you any questions? Deborah Andrews deborah.andrews@lsbu.ac.uk https://www.cedaci.org https://www.nweurope.eu/projects/project-search/cedaci-circular-economy-for-the-data-centre-industry Interreg Making an Impact 4-5 12.2019