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1Calculation factorsOne person's digital use in France, 1 year (reference)
The emissions of all of one person's digital use in France over a year.
- Reference selected: In 2022, ADEME source.
- Counted: the devices, networks and data centres of French uses, manufacturing included.
Sentence to citeDigital use of one person in France, 1 year (reference): 434 kgCO2e, figure published by ADEME.
Origin of the value
Phone, computer, television, box, networks and data centres. Hardware manufacturing accounts for 60%, electricity in use for the rest; published by ADEME.
Characteristics
| Unit | 1 person, 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 | |
| Status | published, 1 reading with the same scope |
All the characteristics
| Identifier | IA-0075, projetcelsius.com/en/ai/database/IA-0075/ |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3 of 2 November 2026 |
| Category | Infrastructure, published as is |
| Year | 2022 (434 kgCO2e) |
| Choice of the selected value | value taken as it stands from its source, without calculation |
| Sources | ADEME, 2025 |
| 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 of one person (reference) →
Reference of the variant "In 2022"
Scope of the figure used. France, 2022: devices, networks and data centres of French uses, including those located abroad, manufacturing included, divided by the number of inhabitants
Limit. Manufacturing accounts for 60%; AI is not isolated in it
Published values
1 figure for the same quantity, each within its own scope.
| Source | Date | CO2e | What the figure measures | Scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADEME ↗Évaluation de l'impact environnemental du numérique en France | Jan. 2025 | 434 kgCO2e | France, 2022: devices, networks and data centres of French uses, including those located abroad, manufacturing included, divided by the number of inhabitants | 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 : One year of digital use of one person in France becomes Digital use of one person in France, 1 year (reference).More precise designation: the object first, the specification after the comma, the quantity or period at the end; the former title remains searchable.
- 1st November 2026Creation : version 0.1.Entry added: one year of digital use of one person in France, according to ADEME.
- 31 October 2026Creation of the database, in its first version (0.1).
