Scope 2 emissions
Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions from purchased electricity, steam, heat, or cooling. Data centers are often Scope 2-intensive because electricity use dominates operational emissions.
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Connectivity
Cross connect
Cross connect is a dedicated physical or logical connection between two endpoints inside a data center or campus. It can connect customers to carriers, cloud on-ramps, other tenants, or internal network nodes.
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Balancing authority
A balancing authority is responsible for keeping generation, load, and interchange balanced within an area in real time. Balancing authority data helps Volterra users understand regional load, peaks, data center share, and grid context.
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Emissions rate expresses emissions per unit of energy, such as pounds or metric tons of CO2 per MWh. In data center analysis, emissions rate can be location-based, market-based, marginal, or hourly depending on the question.
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