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Data centres and E-commerce and digital marketplaces

E-commerce and digital marketplaces depends on data centres.

Data centres (energy) and E-commerce and digital marketplaces (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Data centres → E-commerce and digital marketplaces

5 of the enterprise types in E-commerce and digital marketplaces depend on data centres; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

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

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Cloud and hosting providers: Server and cooling load (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Search, social and retail advertising platforms: Ad serving and targeting (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Payment networks, gateways and consumer lenders: Transaction switching (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Online marketplaces and quick-commerce apps: Hosting the platform (criticality 4 of 5)
  • E-commerce software and SaaS enablers: Hosted software (criticality 2 of 5)

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