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Cloud sustainability

Reduce your environmental impact with Google Cloud.

Operating the cleanest cloud in the industry

We've eliminated all of our carbon emissions since our founding in 1998, a first for any company our size. We’ve matched 100% of our electricity consumption with renewable energy purchases since 2017, which includes the electricity to power Google Cloud. And we recently committed to fully decarbonize our electricity supply by 2030 and operate on clean energy, every hour and in every region. 100%

Compute emissions Benefits for customers You have many things to consider in the cloud platform you choose—its price, security, openness, and products. We believe you should consider the environment too. When you choose Google Cloud, your digital footprint is offset with clean energy, making your compute impact net zero. Reduce compute emissions to zero By moving compute from a self-managed data center or collocation facility to Google Cloud, the net emissions directly associated with your company's compute and data storage will be zero. Launch a sustainable VM Be productive and sustainable Businesses that switched to Google Workspace products like Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Drive, and Meet have reported reductions in IT energy use and carbon emissions of 65% to 85%. Responsible collaboration tools

Energy efficiency at high speed

Less energy-intensive learning Machine learning workloads require complex computations which are typically energy intensive. Google Cloud TPUs are designed with energy efficiency in mind, specifically to accelerate deep learning workloads at higher teraflops per watt compared to general purpose processors. Try our AI Platform More energy-efficient archives For cold data that you need to retain long term, Google not only powers that storage efficiently but efficiently serves that data at the speed of hot storage. Create a carbon-neutral bucket tachometer

Why Google Cloud?

Our commitment Google is committed to purchasing enough renewable energy to match consumption for all of our operations globally. By 2030, we'll move beyond matching and offsets to fully decarbonize our electricity supply, once and for all. Read about our progress Google LLCFacebookAT&T IncAmazonMicrosoft CorpWal-MartNorsk Hydro ASAApple IncAlcoa CorpT-Mobile USA IncACT GovernmentU.S. Department of DefenseBHP GroupExxonMobilAnheuser-Busch InBev NVQTS Realty TrustCommonwealth of VirginiaMcDonald’s Restaurants LtdKaiser Permanente4951220321842083158514111056958870669538607575566544524512483SolarWind0200040006000Megawatts5971C orporaterenewable ene rgypurchased g loballySource: Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), as of January 2020 Note: BNEF rates solar capacity in DC, while Google uses AC

Purchasing energy

At Google, we have a high bar for the type of renewable energy we buy through power purchase agreements. We strive to buy renewable energy from projects that are new to the grid, which will replace and reduce the amount of non-renewable energy on that grid. In fact, Google is the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy in the world. Learn more about how we make the grid greener hourly use chart

Committing to 24/7 carbon-free energy

In many data center regions today, renewable energy isn't consistently available 24 hours a day. To address this, we buy a surplus of renewable energy in regions or hours when solar and wind power are abundant. On a global and annual basis, our renewable energy purchases zero out the entire carbon footprint of our electricity use. But we are committed to a future where each Google data center is always matched—around the clock—with carbon-free power. Learn more about how we'll achieve a decarbonized electricity supply by 2030

Efficient data centers

Google Cloud is built for efficiency. Most data centers use almost as much non-computing or "overhead" energy (like cooling and power conversion) as they do to power their servers. At Google, we've reduced this overhead to only 11%. Learn how we do it

Smarter data centers

Google's machine learning enables the analysis of massive amounts of operational data-center data to create actionable recommendations and automated controls and reduce the amount of electricity required to cool our servers by 30%. Read how we use ML in our data centers Waste 92% Waste diverted 18% of servers remanufactured Energy 50% Less energy 1.11 PUE Certifications 50001 ISO certification

Industry leadership

"We meet the challenges posed by climate change and the need for resource efficiency by working to empower everyone—businesses, governments, nonprofit organizations, communities, and individuals—to use Google technology to create a more sustainable world."

"With its positive approach to open source and its promise of 100% renewable energy for its data centers by the end of 2017, Google Cloud really aligned with our company ethics."

"Every company, in every geography, should have a viable, expedient, and cost-effective pathway to renewable energy that meets their unique customer needs."

Greenpeace report

The IT sector is a significant consumer of electricity and expected to grow exponentially into the future. How much renewable energy your cloud provider purchases depends on who you choose. Fortunately, Greenpeace benchmarks each cloud and gave Google an A rating in 2016.

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Cloud sustainability

Reduce your environmental impact with Google Cloud.

Operating the cleanest cloud in the industry

Energy efficiency at high speed

Why Google Cloud?

Purchasing energy

Committing to 24/7 carbon-free energy

Efficient data centers

Smarter data centers

Industry leadership

Greenpeace report

Resources

Google and the environment

Achieving Our 100% Renewable Energy Purchasing Goal

Getting started guides

Why Google

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