Lower-Carbon IT: information technology strategies for emissions reduction in energy enterprises
低炭素IT：エネルギー企業における排出削減のための情報技術戦略 (AI 翻訳)
Krystle Harmon, Mitch Makam, Rakesh Bohra
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日本語
本論文は、エネルギー企業のIT部門向けに、データセンターの排出量削減を目的とした「低炭素ITフレームワーク」を提案する。アーキテクチャ、ワークロード配置、データライフサイクル管理に排出量認識を組み込み、24ヶ月のガイダンスを事例研究に基づいて提示する。コスト削減と性能最適化の可能性も示す。
English
This paper proposes a Lower-Carbon IT Framework for energy enterprises to reduce emissions from data centers. It integrates emissions-aware decisions into architecture, workload placement, and data lifecycle management. Based on a case study, it provides 24-month guidance for IT divisions, also highlighting potential cost savings and performance optimization.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本ではGXリーグやデータセンターの脱炭素化が進んでおり、本フレームワークは日本のエネルギー企業やIT部門が自社のデジタル運用の排出削減を計画する際に参考となる。SSBJや有報での情報開示にも関連する可能性がある。
In the global GX context
As data center emissions grow, this framework offers a practical approach for energy companies globally to align IT operations with net-zero targets. It complements TCFD/ISSB disclosure requirements by providing actionable steps for Scope 1 and 2 emission reductions in digital infrastructure.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Provides a structured methodology for assessing and reducing IT carbon footprints, which can be further refined or integrated into broader organizational decarbonization models.
🏢実務担当者:IT managers in energy firms can directly apply the 24-month guidance to implement lower-carbon architecture and workload placement, achieving both emission cuts and cost savings.
🏛政策担当者:Offers insights into how regulatory frameworks might encourage or mandate IT-related emission disclosures and reductions in the energy sector.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Today, data centres account for approximately 0.5% of combustion emissions and are on track to be responsible for approximately 3% of electricity generation and approximately 1% of total combustion emissions (greenhouse gas) by 2030. For energy enterprises, this footprint is an area of increasing interest within their digital operations. This paper proposes a Lower-Carbon information technology (IT) Framework that would embed emissions aware decisions into architecture, workload placement, and data lifecycle management. Woodside uses the term, Lower-Carbon, to describe the characteristic of having lower levels of associated potential greenhouse gas emissions when compared to historical and/or current conventions or analogues, for example relating to an otherwise similar resource, process, production facility, product or service, or activity. Informed by a demonstrative case study to build out a 24-month guidance, this paper positions how IT divisions can plan to reduce their digital-related carbon footprint while still having potential to unlock cost savings and performance optimisation.
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- crossref https://doi.org/10.1071/ep25227first seen 2026-05-14 22:55:11
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