Cloud Tenant Carbon Allocation

How should cloud and colocation providers attribute carbon emissions to their tenants?

Cloud and colocation providers increasingly offer carbon reporting to customers, but there is no agreed methodology for how Scope 3 emissions should be attributed to individual tenants. Providers report at different levels of granularity, use different allocation methods for shared infrastructure, and handle renewable energy purchases differently. This makes it difficult for tenants to understand, compare, or act on their cloud carbon footprint.

This assembly will bring together cloud providers, colocation operators, and enterprise customers to build consensus on how carbon emissions from shared infrastructure should be allocated to tenants. Over a series of structured sessions, participants will map the current landscape of provider carbon reporting tools, identify where methodologies diverge, and draft a Standard Requirements Document that defines a consistent approach to tenant-level carbon allocation.

The key questions include: what granularity of energy data should providers expose? How should emissions from shared cooling, power distribution, and networking infrastructure be allocated? How should renewable energy purchases and power purchase agreements be reflected in tenant-level reporting? What is the boundary between provider responsibility and tenant responsibility?

If you work in cloud infrastructure, colocation operations, enterprise sustainability reporting, or carbon accounting, this assembly will benefit from your perspective.