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Scala Data Centers is the leading sustainable hyperscale data centre operator in Latin America .
Following its foundation in 2020 , Scala became the first data centre operator in the LATAM region to use 100 % -certified renewable energy . What ’ s more , the company ’ s data centres boast a 1.5 PUE ( significantly lower than the region ’ s average ), and Scala has pledged that all of its new buildings will achieve a OUE of less than 1.4 when operational .
The company is also a member of the iMasons Climate Accord , receiving its CarbonNeutral certification in May 2021 . into energy efficiency upgrades , retrofits and improvements for its data centres .

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In terms of green energy , Google Cloud is responsible for a huge proportion of world-firsts .
In 2007 , it became the first major company to become carbon neutral . Then 10 years later , it was the world ’ s first major company to match its energy use with 100 % renewable energy .
Its future targets are equally impressive : currently , Google Cloud is working towards eliminating its entire carbon legacy , committed to operating on 24 / 7 carbon-free energy across its entire global data centre network by 2030 .

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