Ghana IBX Data Centers · Physical exposureFACILITY
Equinix · data_centre · Accra, GH · 5.557, -0.201
basis:
MEASURED · confidence: 0.65 · status: activeCombined risk & exposure
Radial: current state · Sparklines: 2023 / 30 / 50 / 80Trajectory across horizons
Water stress0.00 → 0.00
Aqueduct 4.0 BWS score at the HydroBASINS L6 watershed containing the site.
Water depletion0.02 → 0.46
Aqueduct 4.0 BWD score — cumulative extraction against replenishment at the same watershed.
Deforestation43 ha cumulative → extrapolated +74 ha
Hansen Global Forest Change tree-cover loss within 5km; forward horizons extrapolated from 2019-2023 loss rate.
P1
Physical climate
Current state + 2030 / 2050 / 2080 horizons (NEX-GDDP, Aqueduct Future, CoastalDEM, UKCP18)
Business as usual
| Indicator | 2030 | 2050 | 2080 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water stress (0–5) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Water depletion (0–5) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Interannual variability (0–5) | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Seasonal variability (0–5) | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
Pessimistic
| Indicator | 2030 | 2050 | 2080 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water stress (0–5) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Water depletion (0–5) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Interannual variability (0–5) | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Seasonal variability (0–5) | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
P2
Nature dependency
Water (Aqueduct + sector-weighted lens), biodiversity, soil
Water — sector-weighted lens
1.34 Low-Medium (data-centre lens)
Watershed: Greater Accra, Ghana · aq30 7477
Hydrology context
Major basin: NIGER (ex 135) · coastal
Water — Aqueduct baseline indicators
BWS — Water stress
0.00
Low (<10%)
BWD — Depletion
0.02
Low (<5%)
RFR — Riverine flood
3.64
High (6 in 1,000 to 1 in 100)
CFR — Coastal flood
3.04
High (3 in 10,000 to 2 in 1,000)
DRR — Drought
3.39
Medium - High (0.6-0.8)
UDW — Drinking water
1.96
USA — Sanitation
3.76
Biodiversity — protected areas
No protected areas within 30km (currently PAD-US US-only; KBA + national PAs Wave 2 pending).
Soil
SoilGrids / Living England — Wave 3/5 pending
P3
Nature impact
Emissions, fire, deforestation
Fire (FIRMS, last 7 days)
2 fires within 50km · nearest 28.8 km
Air quality (PM2.5)
Nearest station MSC_2Accra25 (0.5 km) — no recent PM2.5 measurement.
Asset emissions (Climate TRACE, within 50km)
No Climate TRACE asset matches within 50km.
Deforestation (Hansen GFC, 5km buffer)
Loss 2001-2023 within 5km
43.20
hectares
Loss 2019-2023 (recent)
6.70
hectares
Canopy cover (2000 baseline)
2.85
% in 1km
P4
Operational + social
Buildings, grid carbon, workforce
Buildings
Microsoft + Google footprints + EPC — Wave 3 pending
Grid carbon intensity
No country lookup for GH.
Workforce
ONS / BLS just-transition — Wave 6 pending
P5
Disclosure-ready outputs
TNFD-LEAP / IFRS-S2 / SBTN / EUDR / BNG / SBTi-FLAG fragments
Applicable frameworks
TCFD, IFRS-S2, CSRD
wave_5_pending — composed from bakes once P1-P4 populated
Generated 2026-07-08T00:41:04.786Z