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AL 2020 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS 22 RONMENT NVI E Carbon Neutral Now...Net Zero 2030 To reach our Net Zero 2030 commitment, we will build on the significant carbon reductions already achieved by many of our portfolio companies. DataBank Beanfield Metroconnect Energy Sourcing Carbon Neutrality A leading provider of enterprise-class data center, Installs, owns and operates the largest independent cloud and interconnection services fiber optic network in Toronto and Montreal, con- n Sourced more than 66% of total power consump- necting more than 2,800 commercial and residential tion from zero- or low-carbon providers as of the buildings n end of 2020 Transitioned 20% of its corporate vehicle fleet from gas to electric vehicles by the end of 2020 n 100% renewable wind energy powers MSP2 n East Twin Cities data center in Minneapolis, On track to complete its first corporate GHG Minnesota, DataBank’s third location fully powered inventory, focusing on its building portfolio, data with renewable energy centers, vehicle fleet, and staff business travel by the end of 2021 n Will host an Environmental Defense Fund Climate n Corps fellow in the summer of 2021 to further Committed to becoming carbon neutral across its improve upon the company’s commitment to operations in Ontario and Quebec by December reducing environmental impacts and improving 2021 energy management Scala Data Centers Vantage Data Centers 100% Renewable Energy Low-Carbon Footprint A hyperscale data center operator delivering world- Powers, cools, protects and connects the technolo- class services to hyperscale customers, cloud gy of some of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, providers and large enterprises across Latin America cloud providers, and large enterprises across North America and Europe n Achieved and has maintained carbon neutral status since its formation n Currently utilizes zero carbon sources for at least n 53% of its electricity in North America and 100% First Latin American data center company to attain in Europe CarbonNeutral® certified n n Achieves an average PUE of at least 1.3 at its Uses 100% certified renewable energy through long- data centers in North America and 1.28 at those term renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Europe backed by Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) n Implemented energy efficiency technologies reaching a power usage effectiveness (PUE) of 1.5, below the 1.77 average for Latin American data centers. New data centers are designed to operate with 1.4 PUE.

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