Welcome on DCFootprint documentation

DCFootprint gives a way to simply assess the environmental impact of datacenters and of the services they offer, be it colocation services (being able to install physical IT devices and operate them in a rack that has power and cooling guaranteed) or Cloud services (consuming digital ressources for hosting and building online services, on demand).

DCFootprint aims to implement the state-of-the-art standards of multi-criteria and lifecycle wide environmental impact assessment for Datacenter, Cloud and GenAI infrastructure services. In this regard, it respects the Product Category Rule for data centre IT hosting services and cloud services a.k.a the “PCR for Cloud & Datacenters”, from ADEME. Accordingly to this PCR, DCFootprint provides per-service evaluation that matches generic colocation or Cloud services.

How to navigate this documentation

To get a quick start using this project, directly jump to the tutorials section.

If you need more in-depth, use-case oriented instructions, the how-to guides are here for you.

Explanations part is about concepts behind DCFootprint, the methodology used for impact calculation and the reasons for the technical choices that have been made so far.

If you are already using, hacking or exploring DCFootprint and need precise informations about one of its components, go to the references section.

About this project

DCFootprint has been initiated by Hubblo a cooperative dedicated to the socio-ecological transition of the digital sector.

It is supported by the 2025 edition of the digital commons support program “Leverage the commons for the ecological transition”.

We warmly thank the french governmental agency ADEME for financing this program and thus this project.