| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conf.
Volume 295, 2024
26th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2023)
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| Article Number | 07015 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Facilities and Virtualization | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202429507015 | |
| Published online | 06 May 2024 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202429507015
Estimating the environmental impact of a large Tier 2
Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
* e-mail: lcg-site-admin@imperial.ac.uk
Published online: 6 May 2024
Recent years have seen an increasing interest in the environmental impact, especially the carbon footprint, generated by the often large scale computing facilities used by the communities represented at CHEP. As this is a fairly new requirement, this information is not always readily available, especially at universities and similar institutions which do not necessarily see large scale computing provision as their core competency. We present the results of a survey of a large WLCG Tier 2 with respect to power usage and carbon footprint leveraging all sources of information currently available to us. We show that it is possible to estimate the environmental impact with respect to power usage without having to invest in dedicated monitoring equipment. Manufacturers however do not yet provide sufficient information to allow for a detailed analysis of the carbon footprint of equipment manufacture, but even with the available information it is clear that this cannot be ignored.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2024
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