Leadership About Vision How We Operate What We Create How We Collaborate Looking Ahead Data Index Setting the standard for data center sustainability Understanding the life cycle impact of data center components We cannot reduce what we embodied carbon estimates at do not measure. In 2022, the scale of the hundreds of we conducted Life Cycle millions of components in our Assessments (LCAs) on data center hardware. several data center hardware products and developed internal In 2022, the teams reached more visualization tools to identify than 90% coverage, meaning the highest carbon emitting there is primary data, an LCA, components of each product. or a modeled↗ value assigned to each asset. This dataset lays At the data center fleet level, the the foundation for value chain Sustainability, Physical Modeling, carbon reductions by helping us and Meta AI Systems and use less or choose low-carbon Machine Learning teams have options, engage suppliers, and partnered on a large-scale project drive value chain and system-level to develop and scale a dataset interventions in line with Meta’s containing the best available net zero strategy. 2023 Meta Sustainability Report 25
