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Aluminium and Data centres and cloud

Data centres and cloud depends on aluminium.

Aluminium (commodity) and Data centres and cloud (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Aluminium → Data centres and cloud

3 of the enterprise types in Data centres and cloud depend on aluminium; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 3 enterprise types depend on it
  • 4 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Electrical and cooling equipment makers: heat exchangers (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Server, storage and network equipment makers: chassis and heat sinks (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Data-centre construction contractors: cladding and busways (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.