SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2019 DigiPlex Sustainability Report 2019 Published August 2020 1 Contents. We help organizations to deliver their digital 3 Sustainability at the Core. Messages from the Chairman and the CEO ambitions by providing the 5 DigiPlex at a Glance. How it All Adds Up most innovative, sustainable and secure data centers 6 Our Sustainability Numbers. KPIs for Sustainable Data Centers now and in the future. 7 Digital Transformation and Sustainability go Hand in Hand. Our Global Context Our best-in-class services 9 From Pioneer to Paradigm. How We Create Value help our clients, and their 10 Our Goals. Measuring and Reporting Our Impact clients in turn, to achieve their own sustainability 11 What We have Already Achieved. Our Heritage in Sustainability goals and meet their 13 The Customers’ View. Working Together for a Green Digital Economy reporting requirements. 16 Employees’ View. Sustainability at the Core 17 Our Six Sustainability Objectives. The Actions We are Taking Wiljar Nesse Chief Executive Officer 20 Our Alignment with Best Practice. Governance and Standards 21 Awards & Recognition. Industry Recognition for DigiPlex 22 Where we operate. Our Nordic Campuses DigiPlex Sustainability Report 2019 Published August 2020 2 Sustainability at the Core. A Message from the Chairman The digital world is accelerating at incredible speed. Investors, enterprises, governments and consumers are going online to consume and deliver an ever-increasing range of digital services. Mobile, AI, IoT and automation are driving the production and use of data at exponential rates. The COVID-19 pandemic has only accelerated this trend. The infrastructure of the 21st Century is digital, Green business is good business, and the as we work to help all our customers capitalize on and we are well placed to capitalize as interest Oslo capital markets have clearly agreed. the benefits of digitalization. 2019 saw DigiPlex and investment flows into creating data centers In April 2019 we raised nearly $200 break ground on two new data center campus as the building blocks of this digitalized world. million and in October listed the largest developments – adding up to 8,500m2 to our This new economy must also be environmentally ever data center bond on the Norwegian footprint with land available to expand a further sustainable. Our customers demand it; their 60,000m2. Stock Market – proof that sustainability is customers expect it and, increasingly, government In 2014 we introduced sustainability reporting and public scrutiny will enforce it. At DigiPlex financially beneficial. A further bond was to the industry. From this year we will not only sustainability has always been core to our mission issued this spring (2020) for another NOK provide annual reports on our progress, but also and values. This report builds on our heritage, 655 million, approximately $70 million. track how we are doing our part to meet the UN recaps the progress we’ve already made, and This investment will power our next stage of Sustainable Development Goals. Tying our goals underlines our commitment to progressing further. growth as hyperscalers continue to come to us to to this wider vision will keep us focused on the support their expansion in the Nordic region and critical importance of our progress in ensuring that digitalization is good for everyone. J Byrne Murphy Founder & Chairman DigiPlex Sustainability Report 2019 PublishedPublished August August 2020 3 Sustainability at the Core. A Message from the CEO I joined DigiPlex as CEO in March 2020 but have been aware of the company’s enviable track record in sustainability for many years. Stepping in to lead the business, as the global trends of digitalization and sustainability converge, is both a privilege and a great opportunity. Our chairman and the team at DigiPlex have Our current technologies are extremely efficient transparently on our progress, including the created a business culture where sustainability in water usage, which we have maintained at just challenges we’ll need to tackle in doing so. comes first, and it is my job to ensure that we over 5,000m3 for each site annually over the past Sustainability is never ‘mission accomplished’ not only continue to live and breathe this in three years, but I want us to utilize rainwater more and it is not optional. Minimizing the impact of our everyday operations, but also challenge, in coming years as part of our commitment to digitalization on our planet is at the heart of our encourage and reward our employees to the circular economy. Similarly, we need to act to purpose at DigiPlex. As CEO, it is fundamental to constantly continue improving. minimize our air miles and their carbon cost. my role to ensure DigiPlex continues to lead the As this year’s report shows, we have made great I am proud that as many as nine nations are industry, helping our customers to reduce their strides in some areas whilst others need more represented in our employee family. Diversity environmental impact and contribute to a more focus. must remain a focus and I am committed to sustainable planet. ensuring that we continue to provide opportunity Using 100% sustainable energy since irrespective of race, religion, nationality, sexual 2009 has avoided nearly one million orientation, socioeconomic position or political 2 Wiljar Nesse metric tons of CO (935,979) compared to ideology. Chief Executive Officer typical emissions from data centers using This report outlines six objectives and a number of electricity from the US grid.1 Our Carbon goals for progress on sustainability in the coming intensity remains at an industry leading years. I am committed to leading the business low of 4.3g/KWh. towards meeting these goals and to reporting 1. Total DigiPlex power consumption across all sites 2009-2019 of 1.32 TWh, entered into Greenhouse Gas Equivalence Calculator https://www.epa.gov/energy/green- house-gas-equivalencies-calculator DigiPlex Sustainability Report 2019 Published August 2020 4 DigiPlex at a Glance. How it All Adds Up YEARS USING GREEN HYDROELECTRIC DATA CENTERS POWER SINCE 2000 % MORE DATA CENTERS UNDER OF OUR WORKFORCE CONSTRUCTION IS FEMALE % OF EMPLOYEES THINK + ENERGY DIGIPLEX IS A GREAT CAPACITY PLACE TO WORKTM M2 NATIONALITIES OF TECHNICAL REPRESENTED ACROSS WHITE SPACE OUR WORKFORCE DigiPlex Sustainability Report 2019 Published August 2020 5 Our Sustainability Numbers. KPIs for Sustainable Data Centers Industry-leading2017 CO20182 emissions2019 and carbon intensity Water Usage Efficiency (WUE) l/KWh 100% sustainable power consumption 400,000 8.0 CO2 Emissions 2017 2018 2019 KG/year 100,000,000100,000,000 100100 PowerPower Consumption Consumption 400,000 8.0300,000CO2 Emissions 6.0 Carbon Intensity KW/hKW/h 90,000,000 90 KG/year 2 2017 2018 2019 gCO /KWh 90,000,000 90 DigiPlex % Certified DigiPlex % Certified 2.0 DigiPlex 80,000,000 80 Sustainable Energy 300,000 6.0200,000400,000Carbon Intensity 4.0 8.0 CO2 Emissions 80,000,000 80 Sustainable Energy gCO2/KWh 70,000,000 70 Average Sustainable KG/year Industry Average 70,000,000 70 GenerationAverage in Global Sustainable 200,000 4.0 1.5 60,000,000 60 Electricity Mix* 100,000300,000 2.0 6.0 Carbon Intensity Generation in Global 2 60,000,00050,000,000 5060 gCO /KWh KW/h Electricity Mix* 100,000 2.0 200,0000 0.0 4.0 1.0 50,000,00040,000,000 4050 2016 2017 2018 2019 40,000,00030,000,000 3040 0 0.0 100,000 0.5 20,000,000 20 2.0 Energy % Certified Sustainable 2016 2017 2018 2019 30,000,000 30 10,000,000 10 0 0.0 0 20,000,000 0 020 2016 2017 2018 2019 2016 2017 2018 2019 2017 2018 2019 10,000,000 10 A modern energy grid such as the UK’s with a mix of generation WUE has been developed by The Green Grid to measure water Total power consumption for DigiPlex’s growing data center portfolio sources has usage efficiency in liters per KWh, * “REN210 Report 2018” 0 an average carbon intensity of 125 g/KWh the industry average is 1.8 l/KWh 2017 2018 2019 Emissions Per Employee KG CO2 PUE Across Sites Customer Satisfaction 2019 2019 2019 BEST 2019 2019 2016 OFFSET XXX AVERAGE 2018 INDUSTRY INDUSTRY XXX AVERAGE AVERAGE 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 0 1 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 CO2 emissions from business travel & hotels. Offset by airline PUE measures the efficiency of a data center Survey by independent analyst firm Radar CO2 offsetting scheme A PUE of 1 is the most efficient possible Source: The Green Grid - https://www.thegreengrid.org/en/resources/glossary DigiPlex Sustainability Report 2019 Published August 2020 6 Digital Transformation and Sustainability go Hand in Hand. Our Global Context Two mega trends are shaping our world today – the climate crisis and the digitization of the economy and society. The infrastructure of the 21st Century is digital. Even as stock markets fluctuate in the current crisis, the equity value of public data center companies has risen dramatically: 20% since the beginning of 2020 and 75% over the last 24 months, according to the investment bank RBC. With the premium placed on green investments by many, it is clear to see how these trends impact DigiPlex in a positive way. The COVID-19 pandemic Organizations and governments around the world are looking to digital technologies to help them become more sustainable. At has illustrated how effective an operational level, the COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated to many how effective video meetings can be in reducing flights and carbon emissions dramatically and possibly permanently. At a macro level, the Nordic Council of Ministers, NORDEN, has stated: video meetings can be in reducing flights and carbon The Nordic region will become the most sustainable and integrated region in emissions dramatically and the world in 2030.1 possibly permanently.