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Equinix Customer Water Reports – Connecting customers to sustainability

At Equinix, our customers are at the center of everything we do. We strive to facilitate their progress toward achieving ambitious sustainability goals and meeting global regulatory compliance obligations. Customer Water Reports (CWRs) are how we equip our customers with the transparent data they need to quantify the environmental benefits of co-locating within Equinix data centers.

This introduction and FAQ overview the sustainability benefits of working with Equinix and answer the most common questions about our water reporting service.

Highlights:

  • Each CWR includes a custom water allocation certificate attesting to the total water withdrawal attributed to your deployment at Equinix.
  • The data can be used to measure, verify and report environmental performance, and can support the achievement of customer sustainability targets.  
  • All water volumes in Equinix CWRs are calculated based on meters used at Equinix deployments that utilize water for IT cooling operations and are verified according to ISO 14064-3:2019 Limited Assurance.