Data Centers
Building sustainable data centers from design to operations.
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Setting the standard for data center sustainability
Data centers are part of the global infrastructure that brings our technologies and services to life. Meta designs and operates some of the most sustainable data centers in the industry, but they still account for the highest percentage of our energy and water use.
We approach data center sustainability from the ground up—from design and construction to operations by prioritizing energy efficiency, renewable energy, water stewardship and responsibly managing the end of life of our equipment.
More sustainable from the ground up
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Efficiency in data centers
We’re taking a holistic approach to data center efficiency. Our efforts include creating custom power profiles that only enable higher power configurations for the workloads that require it. We work to reuse existing capacity, safely repurposing idle capacity for workloads that tolerate lower availability requirements. And we’re constantly monitoring workloads through observability tools to understand–and resolve–the root causes of system inefficiencies.
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Data center circularity
Using less leads to lower emissions, and we’ve invested in systems that extend the use of our hardware and components. To enable greater circularity, we prioritize the use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics and recycled metal in our hardware thus reducing the embedded carbon in our hardware.
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Standardizing measurement of embodied carbon in data center construction and operation
Through the Open Compute Project, Meta is working with the iMasons Climate Accord (iCA) to develop a standardized framework for disclosing and managing embodied carbon in data center construction and operation.
More efficient buildings
All of our operational data centers are LEED Gold Certified or higher. Meta’s operational data centers, on average, in 2023 exhibited a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.09 and Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE) of 0.20.
Sustainability impact map
This map highlights our renewable energy procurement and deployment efforts worldwide, water stewardship efforts in the communities we operate in, and other sustainability features across our global portfolio of data centers.
2024 Sustainability Report
Learn more about our progress as we work to achieve net zero emissions across our value chain and become water positive in 2030.
