AWS Sustainability

How sustainable is the cloud provided by AWS?

Sustainability Report 2022

Amazon 2022 Sustainability Report — 19 AWS Regions are 100% renewable | by adrian cockcroft | Jul, 2023 | Medium

• For 2022, there are 19 regions that are “100% renewable” → The Cloud - Amazon Sustainability
  • Frankfurt, London, Paris, Zurich, …
• Scope 3 emissions are not reported

Carbon Dashboard

Cloud Carbon Dashboards & APIs#AWS Customer Carbon Footprint Tool

Resources

@AmazonWebServices.2023.SustainabilityPillarAWS

Teads AWS Estimation Model

AWS under fire for delays in delivering Scope 3 GHG emissions data to enterprises and governments | Computer Weekly

In contrast, Microsoft and Google have offered customers access to carbon footprint measuring tools that allow them to freely track the Scope 1-to-3 emissions associated with their cloud use since 2021. But Amazon’s take on the same functionality, in the form of its AWS Customer Carbon Footprint Tool, was released in March 2022 and is unable to provide users with Scope 3 data yet.

Optimizing your AWS Infrastructure for Sustainability, Part I: Compute | AWS Architecture Blog

Optimizing your AWS Infrastructure for Sustainability, Part II: Storage | AWS Architecture Blog

Optimizing your AWS Infrastructure for Sustainability, Part III: Networking | AWS Architecture Blog