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1Calculation factorsDigital sector in France (benchmark)
The electricity and emissions of all digital activity of French people in one year.
- Reference selected: In 2022, ADEME source.
- Counted: the devices, networks and data centres of French uses, manufacturing included.
- Out of scope: in electricity only, data centres located abroad.
Sentence to citeDigital sector in France (reference): 29.5 MtCO2e, figure published by ADEME, for 51.5 TWh of electricity.
Origin of the value
Devices, networks and data centres, in France and abroad. 4.4% of the country's carbon footprint and 11% of its electricity consumption; published by ADEME.
Comparison with other infrastructure entries
Characteristics
| Unit | 1 year : in 2022 |
|---|---|
| Location | not applicable: a published total does not depend on the location of the servers |
| Counted | the devices, networks and data centres of French uses, manufacturing included |
| Not counted | in electricity only, data centres located abroad |
| Status | published, 2 readings of the same scope |
All the characteristics
| Identifier | IA-0114, projetcelsius.com/en/ai/database/IA-0114/ |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3 of 2 November 2026 |
| Category | Infrastructure, published as is |
| Year | 2022 (29.5 MtCO2e) |
| Choice of the selected value | value taken as it stands from its source, without calculation |
| Sources | ADEME, 2025 |
| Compared with | Chip manufacturing (984 GWh), Data centres, Ireland (7.66 TWh), Meta (18.4 TWh), Microsoft (37 TWh), Google (43.6 TWh) |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
Result for the chosen case
Sources of the calculation
1 publication, for this entry and those used to calculate it, with the chosen parameters.
Energy and factors
The references of the selected values and of the entries used in this calculation.
ADEME · January 2025
Évaluation de l'impact environnemental du numérique en France ↗ (new tab)
Role and limits : ADEME
What the publication covers. devices, networks and data centres of French uses, in France and abroad, manufacturing and use
Reading by the database. The reference study for France, 2022 data
Digital use in France (reference) →
Reference of the variant "In 2022"
Scope of the figure used. France, 2022, electricity of digital equipment and infrastructure located in France
Limit. 64.9 TWh when adding data centres located abroad
Published values
2 figures for the same quantity, each in its own scope.
Electricity
| Source | Date | Electricity | What the figure measures | Scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital sector in France (benchmark)selected by the database, v0.3 | 2026 | 51.5 TWh | the value selected by the database | same scope | published |
| ADEME ↗Évaluation de l'impact environnemental du numérique en France | Jan. 2025 | 51.5 TWh | France, 2022, electricity of digital equipment and infrastructure located in France | same scope | estimated |
CO2e
| Source | Date | CO2e | What the figure measures | Scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADEME ↗Évaluation de l'impact environnemental du numérique en France | Jan. 2025 | 29.5 MtCO2e | France, 2022, one year of digital activity of French people, devices, networks and data centres in France and abroad, over the life cycle | same scope | estimated |
The published figures do not all count the same scope; the scope of each figure is written next to it. Why do the estimates diverge?
Methodology conventions
With their alternatives
| The rule | a published total is reproduced as is, with its year and scope; it is not converted with an average factor and does not add to the database's calculations |
|---|---|
| Calculate a case without an entry | The formula, the default values and a step-by-step example |
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History
Entry in version 0.3 of 2 November 2026, in the database in version 0.4
- 2 November 2026Designation : The digital sector in France, in one year becomes Digital sector in France, annual (reference).More precise designation: the object first, the specification after the comma, the quantity or period at the end; the former title remains searchable.
- 2 November 2026Designation : Digital sector in France, annual (reference) becomes Digital sector in France (reference).The year is a variant.
- 1st November 2026Creation : version 0.1.Entry added: the digital sector in France in one year, electricity and carbon for 2022, from ADEME.
- 31 October 2026Creation of the database, in its first version (0.1).
