Transparency and open data can serve as a viable sustainability strategy for data centers, a strategy that creates competitive advantages while improving environmental performance. This whitepaper demonstrates how operators can implement this approach effectively.
Transparency and open data can serve as a viable sustainability strategy for data centers—a strategy that simultaneously creates competitive advantages and improves environmental performance. This white paper demonstrates how operators can implement this approach.
IDED (formerly known as SDIA) published this white paper to show that sustainability and business strategy can be aligned in the data center industry. The central thesis: Transparency is not a regulatory burden but a strategic asset.
The white paper examines:
Transparency as a Strategy: Publishing environmental performance data builds trust with customers, regulators, and communities—and differentiates operators in a market that is increasingly under scrutiny.
Benefits of Open Data: Sharing operational data enables benchmarking, drives industry-wide improvements, and positions operators as leaders rather than followers of regulatory requirements.
Implementation Guide: Concrete steps for data center operators to develop and implement a transparency-based sustainability strategy.
Market Positioning: How sustainability transparency creates competitive advantages as procurement criteria increasingly include ecological performance.
The complete white paper is available for download.