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Data centres and cloud and Distribution grids, mini-grids and interconnectors

Data centres and cloud depends on distribution grids, mini-grids and interconnectors.

Data centres and cloud (industry) and Distribution grids, mini-grids and interconnectors (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Distribution grids, mini-grids and interconnectors → Data centres and cloud

2 of the enterprise types in Data centres and cloud depend on distribution grids, mini-grids and interconnectors; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

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

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Fibre carriers and interconnection providers: power for network sites (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Colocation and wholesale data-centre operators: grid supply (criticality 3 of 5)

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