In the last few years, attention has shifted from PUE as a metric of energy efficiency to demand for a decarbonized value chain.

For the colocation industry, this focus is even more pronounced for CSR-aware tenants as the Scope 3 Standard of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol necessitates the measuring of emissions and electricity consumption from beyond an organization’s own walls.

Will PPAs be enough to steer customers towards campuses powered by renewables? What role does gas power generation and energy-efficient coolants play in the process of securing and losing the business of an energy-conscious tenant?