Sustainability, Risk, and Reporting
EPA's eGRID is a database of electric generation and emissions attributes by grid region and plant. It is useful for estimating location-based emissions, but users should understand reporting year, regional boundary, and market-based procurement differences.
Rack density is the IT power deployed per rack, usually in kW per rack. AI and GPU workloads can push rack densities far above traditional enterprise deployments, changing cooling, floor loading, power distribution, and operations.
Read definition →A time-of-use rate changes price by hour, season, or defined peak period. It can matter for flexible load, storage, demand response, or backup operations, but many data centers have limited flexibility because uptime and workload requirements dominate.
Read definition →Service entrance is the point where utility power enters the customer facility or customer-owned distribution system. Its ownership boundary, metering, protection, voltage, and physical location affect design responsibility and tariff treatment.
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