Facebooks Carbon & Energy Impact

Openness & Transparency

In the spirit of Facebooks openness and transparency, we are sharing our carbon footprint, energy mix, and energy use for our data centers. As Facebook expands, we need more data centers to power our platform, more ofce facilities for our employees, and more energy for both. This growth will have an impact on our carbon footprint and our energy, which is why we remain laser focused on maximizing efciency while we do what we can to align our business decisions with the environment. Our carbon footprint info in more detail More on Facebooks sustainability story

* All numbers are rounded

Total Energy Use (2011)

532M kWh

Legend kWh = kilowatt hours PUE = power usage effectiveness MT = metric tons CO2e = carbon dioxide equivalent which includes greenhouse gases CO2 , CH4 , N20, and HFCs

Data Centers

Ofce Space & Other Facilities

Prineville, OR

71M
kWh

23M
kWh

Forest City, NC

509M
kWh

6M
kWh

PUE

1.0

1.08
Facebooks Data Centers

1.5
Best Practice

205M
kWh

Best Achievable

227M
kWh
West Coast Colocation Facility

East Coast Colocation Facility

Energy Mix (2011)

Uncategorized 1 Clean & Renewable Nuclear

20%
Coal

23%

Natural Gas

13% 27% 17%

Total Carbon Footprint (2011) 2

285K MT CO2e
Per Facebook User 3
(active monthly)

Scope 1

2%
Scope Breakdown
Scope 2

1 2 3
Scope 3

76%

.000269
MT CO2e

Data Centers Other Business Activity

Ofce Space & Other Facilities

23%

13K
MT CO2e

105K
MT CO2e
East Coast Colocation Facility

207K
MT CO2e
4K
MT CO2e

65K
MT CO2e

Data Center Construction

36K
MT CO2e

70K
MT CO2e

Corporate Air Travel Employee Commuting

Forest City, NC

West Coast Colocation Facility

28K
MT CO2e

15K
MT CO2e

Server Transporation

8K
MT CO2e

Prineville, OR

6K
MT CO2e

Totals 285K MT CO2e

Data Centers
207K MT CO2e 509M kWh

532M kWh
Ofce Space & Other Facilities
13K MT CO2e 23M kWh

Other Business Activity

64K MT CO2e

Facebook's data centers in Prineville, OR and Forest City, NC leverage the Open Compute Project specs, driving signicant energy efciency gains and cost savings. Starting in 2012, we will include a preference for renewable energy in our data center siting policy.

Facebook has employees working in more than 25 locations globally, with the majority at our headquarters in Menlo Park, CA. Check out how Facebook is improving sustainability on the Menlo Park campus.

In our 2011 carbon footprint analysis, Facebook employee commuting by car, commuter shuttle, public transit, vanpools, biking and walking comprised 8K MT CO2e. Our robust employee transportation programs including commuter shuttles, helped us avoid at least 709 MT CO2e.

Learn more
Facebook will continue to track and disclose our carbon footprint as our company grows and evolves. Our hope is that by understanding where our biggest impacts are, we can make informed choices that will minimize our long-term environmental impact. We've also been working with the Natural Resources Defense Council and Opower to help you track your home energy use, compare it to your friends and learn ways to save energy. Check out the app If youre interested in learning more about Facebooks approach to efciency, energy and sustainability, check out these resources.

Green on Facebook

Our sustainability story

Open Compute Project

Track your own energy use and minimize your carbon impact: Opower app

Facebook Prineville Data Center Facebook Forest City Data Center Facebook Lulea, Sweden Data Center Greenhouse Gas Protocol The Green Grid

1 Uncategorized means the utilities dont report the source of the energy 2 We have had our footprint veried by a qualied third party to ensure completeness and accuracy 3 This intensity metric was calculated using our Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions and Monthly Active Users as of 12/31/2011