Sustainability is often discussed in terms of goals, commitments, and long-term ambition. But at its core, it is about something more fundamental: Understanding our real impacts and risks and taking responsibility for it.
Torkild Follaug
Sustainability Director
Setting the Green Standard in the Data Center Industry
Welcome to our Sustainability Hub. This page is the central destination for our ongoing sustainability journey, offering a transparent look at how we design, build, and operate digital infrastructure for the future. This year, our sustainability reporting takes a major leap forward as our Norwegian operations fully align with the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). But what does CSRD actually mean for our stakeholders? It means our sustainability performance is no longer just a narrative—it is treated with the exact same rigour, standardisation, and accountability as our financial data. This transition ensures greater comparability and consistency across our operations.
Explore the Data
To make our efforts as accessible as possible, we have broken away from the traditional, static annual report. Throughout the year, we will be updating this hub with deep-dive articles, focus area highlights, and ongoing initiatives.
For stakeholders, investors, and customers requiring the full level of detail, our complete regulatory reports are available for download below.
- Norway (CSRD): Download our comprehensive ESRS-aligned Sustainability Report.
- United Kingdom (GRI): Our UK data center reports independently. Download the UK standalone summary and full Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) index to explore our regional performance. (TBA)
Green Mountain Norway in numbers
Data centers in operation
Employees
Renewable Power
Client satisfaction score
Highlights from the report
The highlights below provide a concise overview of Green Mountain’s sustainability performance in 2025. They reflect a mix of climate and environmental conditions, social conditions, and business conduct, focusing on selected metrics and initiatives that demonstrate how sustainability is integrated into our operations and value chain.
Climate & Environment
Climate change, Pollution, Water and Marine Resources, Biological diversity and ecosystems, Resource Use and Circular Economy
Social Conditions
Own Workforce, Workers in the Value Chain, Affected Communities, Customers and End-Users
Business Conduct
Business Conduct
Water usage effectiveness (WUE) shows the amount of water used per kWh of IT load. Lower values indicate more efficient water use, meaning less water is required to support data center operations.
Total GHG emissions (location‑based) show the combined emissions from scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3, calculated using average grid emission factors. For 2022 and 2023, scope 1 and 2 values are relatively small compared to scope 3; differences between the categories may be difficult to see in the chart, even though all scopes are included.
Read about how we turned waste heat into value at our TEL-Rjukan data center
Read more hereThis report is based on the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and aligned with the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), ensuring a structured, transparent and comparable approach to sustainability reporting.
The report covers Green Mountain’s Norwegian operations, including our data centers and our organisation. It also includes relevant upstream and downstream value chain impacts, where data is available and material.
Double materiality means assessing sustainability topics from two angles. One looks at how a company impacts people and the environment. The other looks at how sustainability issues affect the company’s financial performance and long-term resilience.
It is important because it ensures sustainability reporting is balanced, transparent and relevant, covering both business risk and wider responsibility to society and the environment.The full CSRD‑aligned Sustainability Report is available for download below.