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* feat(efc): bls pt1 * feat(efc): bls * feat(efc): bls * feat(bls): final version * feat(bls): fix ins * fix(efc): reviews elise 1 Co-authored-by: eauvray-github <[email protected]> * feat(efc): review elise 2 * Update bare-metal-env-footprint.mdx update frontmatter * Update block-storage-env-footprint.mdx update frontmatter * Update environmental-footprint-calculator.mdx update frontmatter * Update environmental-footprint-integration.mdx update frontmatter * Update instances-env-footprint.mdx update frontmatter * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Néda <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: eauvray-github <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: numa <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: SamyOubouaziz <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Néda <[email protected]>
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"label": "Instances footprint calculation",
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"slug": "instances-env-footprint"
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"label": "Block Storage footprint calculation",
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"slug": "block-storage-env-footprint"
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pages/environmental-footprint/additional-content/bare-metal-env-footprint.mdx

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## Calculation example
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For the use of an Elastic Metal server, with a lifespan of 6 years (52 560 hours) and power of 110w, for 100 hours and considering via Boavizta estimates that the impact of the manufacturing of this server is 850 kgCo2e, we make the following calculation:
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For the use of an Elastic Metal server, with a lifespan of 6 years (52 560 hours) and power of 110w, for 100 hours and considering via [Boavizta estimates](https://doc.api.boavizta.org/) that the impact of the manufacturing of this server is 850 kgCo2e, we make the following calculation:
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To calculate the usage, we consider the French energy mix and the datacenter's PUE. In this example, they are O,056kgCo2e/kwh and 1,16, respectively. Which results in:
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UsageFootprint = 0,110 * 100 * 0,056 * 1,16 = 0,715 kgCo2e
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title: Block Storage footprint calculation
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description: This page explains how Scaleway calculates the environmental footprint of its Block Storage in detail.
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tags: block-storage environmental-footprint impact datacentre
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dates:
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validation: 2025-07-10
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posted: 2025-07-10
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categories:
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- environmental-footprint
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- block-storage
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---
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This page includes the specificities of the environmental footprint calculation for Block Storage.
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## Calculation aspects
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The total estimated impact of Block Storage volumes is calculated by integrating the:
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- **Dedicated manufacturing impact** - Related to the physical servers hosting the storage volumes.
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- **Related manufacturing impact** - The impact of the tools used to manage the Block Storage offers: control plane, monitoring, internal load balancers, and others.
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- **Energy usage impact** - The average electricity consumption of storage servers and their energy efficiency and of the tools used to manage the Block Storage offers.
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### Ratio per storage volume
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To allocate the impact of a Block Storage volume, we apply the unit resulting from the RCP allocation rule to all calculation steps, the `bls_ratio`:
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- **VOLsto** - represents the **reserved volume** per user. In Block Storage, your data is replicated three times on multiple nodes to guarantee availability, so the **VOLsto** is applied with factor of 3 to account for replication.
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- **VolstoPool** - represents the total storage volume reserved for Block Storage.
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In the example below we consider a **VOLsto** of 600 GB and a **VolstoPool** of 1000 GB.
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The calculation of the manufacturing impact of Block Storage volumes is based on:
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The calculation is the same used for [measuring the impact of manufacturing for Bare Metal servers](/environmental-footprint/additional-content/environmental-footprint-calculator/#customer-servers), but for Block Storage we also apply the `bls_ratio` to break the impact down to only the allocated volumes.
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#### Calculation example
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For the example below, we consider a single server with a lifespan of 6 years (52 560 hours) and power of 110w. We measure the impact of 100 hours and consider through [Boavizta estimates](https://www.boavizta.org/) that the impact of the manufacturing of this server is 850 kgCo2e. Also considering a `bls_ratio` of `0,6`, we make the following calculation:
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### Usage impact
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To calculate the impact of a kwh, we consider the French energy mix and the datacenter's PUE.
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In the example below, they are O,065kgCo2e/kwh and 1,16, respectively. Considering an electrical consumption of 600wh, 100 hours of usage, and a `bls_ratio` of `0,6`, the total usage impact comes down to:
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pages/environmental-footprint/additional-content/environmental-footprint-calculator.mdx

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- [Block Storage](/environmental-footprint/additional-content/block-storage-env-footprint)
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| Block Storage | **Yes** |
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| Container Registry | **Not integrated yet** |
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| Managed Databases for PostgreSQL and MySQL | **Not integrated yet** |
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