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Service carbon footprint estimation

This is an estimation of carbon footprint for the service ordered via Evolution Platform. Actual service carbon footprint will be provided later once the service is deployed on production.

End to end services​

In that case, the calculation of carbon footprint includes all components needed for the service. The calculation is compliant with Product Category Referencial (PCR) on DC and cloud from ADEME (see PCR on DC by ADEME) and follows methodological guide provided by Orange.

Carbon footprint of the access part (Internet or private connectivity) is not taken into account.

Note that for the moment, the calculation does not include the carbon footprint share of the OSS/BSS components (observability, orchestration, invoicing, ordering, etc…) nor the support activities.

Public Connectivity to Clouds (IPSEC)​

In that case, the calculation includes the resources used on the SuperPoP(s), the equipment allowing to exit on Internet and the backbone network from Orange to the Public Cloud. The carbon footprint on the public cloud part must be recovered from the public cloud (in general, public clouds offer a customer portal with access to the carbon footprint of its services).

Private Connectivity to Clouds​

In that case, the calculation includes the resources used on Orange equipment connected via private links to Clouds, the Orange backbone network and the private link to the Cloud. The carbon footprint on the public cloud part must be recovered from the public cloud (in general, public clouds offer a customer portal with access to the carbon footprint of its services).

Secure Service Edge (SSE)​

The calculation is not yet available.

VNE service​

In that case, the calculation of carbon footprint includes the VNE component(s)s deployed on the SuperPoP(s).

Knowing SuperPoP carbon footprint and vCPU allocated to each VNE, a share of carbon footprint is calculated based on the total amount of allocated vCPU on the SuperPoPs. Deployment configuration is a parameter for the calculation (single, dual, cluster).

Network Connect Service​

The Network Connect creation service has a negligible carbon footprint. On the other hand, when it is associated with services, its carbon footprint is not neutral. So, this part of carbon footprint is directly integrated into the services calculation.