Chile IBX Data Centers · Transition modelFACILITY

The Santiago-based IBX data centre depends on grid electricity and water for cooling, with GHG emissions from Scope 2 grid draw as the dominant impact category; Chile's grid carbon intensity is currently 289.49 gCO2/kWh (2025, Ember). The site's overriding physical pressure today is water: it sits in a watershed rated Extremely High (>80%) baseline water stress (BWS score 5), against a moderate drought score of 2.27 and an overall composite risk rated Low-Medium (score 1.48), with negligible coastal flood exposure and low riverine flood score of 1.03.

Toward 2030, grid carbon intensity is projected to nearly halve to 130 gCO2/kWh from the 2025 observed 289.49 gCO2/kWh, a national decarbonisation trend that will lower Scope 2 exposure independent of any facility-level action. Water-side forward metrics are notably absent: no 2030 water stress or water depletion horizon scores or labels are populated, so the trajectory of the site's Extremely High baseline water stress condition cannot be assessed against this near-term window.

By 2050 Chile's grid carbon intensity is projected at 50 gCO2/kWh under IEA WEO 2024 STEPS, an 83% reduction from the 2025 observed 289.49 gCO2/kWh, positioning this IBX's Scope 2 footprint to shrink substantially as a structural, grid-driven decoupling rather than a site-led initiative. The unresolved variable is physical water risk: with no 2050 or 2080 water stress or depletion horizon data published, the facility's residual exposure to Extremely High baseline water stress in a South Pacific watershed cannot be forward-modeled, and this gap itself is a material disclosure limitation for long-horizon underwriting.