“Server centers often also burn diesel to track electricity demand, and this fuel must be burned regularly when it expires.” “The cost of energy can account for up to 70-80% of a data centre`s operating costs and, simply put, electricity supply is a critical issue for data centres,” says de Rul. “A supplier was recently fined more than a million pounds for an outage of just 12 minutes caused by a problem in its local electricity distribution network.” “CCA participants are encouraged to achieve ambitious energy efficiency targets by reducing or excluding specific carbon taxes (CCL and CRC),” said Emma Fryer, Associate Director of Climate Change Programs.