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Data centres and Embodied energy trade

Energy flows from embodied energy trade to data centres.

Data centres (energy) and Embodied energy trade (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Energy flow

Physical flow · Direct · Embodied energy trade → Data centres

Siting computing near cheap power exports energy as data.

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