At OUTSCALE, environmental commitment is not a statement, it is a long-term trajectory. For several years, we have continuously rethought our infrastructures, Cloud services and operational practices to reduce our own environmental footprint while enabling our customers to better manage theirs.
The launch of Carbon Footprint fully reflects this ambition.
Carbon Footprint is a sovereign Cloud service that enables CIOs and CSR teams to measure, understand and manage the estimated carbon footprint of their Cloud usage, within a secure and trusted environment.
A Service at the Core of OUTSCALE’s Environmental Strategy
This vision of programmable sobriety guides our decisions across the entire value chain, including :
- selection of more efficient infrastructures and service design,
- continuous optimisation of energy consumption
- improvement of the environmental performance of our services,
- selection of partners aligned with our sustainability requirements.
This approach, combining efficiency, responsibility and sovereignty, directly shaped the design of Carbon Footprint.
From Understanding to Action: Measuring the Carbon Footprint of Cloud Usage
Measure
Any effective initiative to reduce the environmental impact of digital technologies starts with a fundamental step: measurement.
Carbon Footprint provides a detailed estimation of the carbon footprint associated with resources consumed on the OUTSCALE Cloud.
Emissions are calculated and categorised by service type and emission source, giving organisations a clear and structured view of the environmental impact of their Cloud usage.
This measurement forms the foundation for a consistent and actionable environmental strategy.
Understand
Through intuitive visualisation in Cockpit, OUTSCALE’s Cloud management interface, and full integration via the public API, Carbon Footprint enables organisations to precisely identify emission sources and the most carbon-intensive Cloud services.
This level of granularity provides the insight required to support informed decision-making and effective environmental governance of Cloud architectures.
Manage
The objective of Carbon Footprint is not only to inform, but to enable action.
Thanks to the indicators provided, CIOs and CSR teams can:
- monitor changes in their Cloud carbon footprint over time,
- identify reduction levers aligned with sustainability and CSR objectives,
- strengthen compliance with regulatory and reporting requirements,
- document and demonstrate ESG commitments to stakeholders.
Carbon Footprint is not an additional dashboard, it is an operational environmental management tool, designed to support IT and sustainability decisions over the long term.
A Further Step in OUTSCALE’s Environmental Strategy
With Carbon Footprint, OUTSCALE strengthens its commitment to responsible and sovereign Cloud services, providing organisations with the tools they need to regain control over the environmental impact of their Cloud usage.
