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Google is a global internet services company. They calculate and publish carbon emissions associated with their operations in their data centres, using hourly grid mix and carbon intensity data from Electricity Maps.
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Description | Google is a global internet services company. They calculate and publish carbon emissions associated with their operations in their data centres, using hourly grid mix and carbon intensity data from Electricity Maps. |
Source type | Corporate |
Original dataset URL | URL |
Year released | 2021 |
Geography | Multiple regions |
Sector | |
Type of data | Activity-based |
Emission results | CO2e |
Data Transformation | The source reports emissions in gCO2e/kWh, which have been converted to kgCO2e/kWh to ensure consistency. |
License
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Type of license | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License |
License URL | URL |
Data quality
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Data quality assurance | Vetted by Climatiq |
Quality flag(s) | This emission factor is self-reported by Google. |
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