# Aluminium and Data centres and cloud

Data centres and cloud depends on aluminium.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/aluminium-and-data-centres-and-cloud/

[Aluminium](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/aluminum/) (commodity) and [Data centres and cloud](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/data_centres/) (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.