Sustainability & Environmental Impact
Cloudflare: 100% Renewable & Zeroing Out Emissions Back to Day 1

Cloudflare: 100% Renewable & Zeroing Out Emissions Back to Day 1

7/27/2021 · Patrick Day, Michael Aylward

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Cloudflare announces a commitment to powering its network with 100% renewable energy and to remove all greenhouse gases emitted as the result of powering its network since its launch in 2010 by 2025. The post details the methodology for purchasing renewable energy (RECs, I-RECs, REGOs, etc.) and calculating carbon emissions using emissions factors from various sources (IEA, EPA, DEFRA). It also outlines the process for determining network and facility energy usage and the plan to reconstruct historical energy consumption data from 2010-2019. The company is also exploring new products like Green Compute on Cloudflare Workers and Carbon Impact Reports to drive climate outcomes.

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