Colombia IBX Data Centers · Transition modelFACILITY

As a data-centre IBX facility, the site's dominant dependency is grid electricity (Scope 2 carbon intensity currently 186.81 gCO2/kWh per Ember 2025 for CO) with water use for cooling as a secondary dependency. Baseline water stress is Low (BWS score 0, <10%), but the overall water risk score is High (60-75%, 3.2), driven largely by untreated wastewater risk (2.75) and drought score (2.14) in the MAGDALENA watershed — indicating pressure from water quality/sanitation infrastructure rather than scarcity. Riverine flood exposure is modest (0.62) and coastal flood risk is nil, consistent with an inland Bogotá location.

By 2030, grid decarbonisation is the clearest shift: IEA WEO 2024 STEPS projects Colombia's grid intensity falling to 130 gCO2/kWh, a ~30% reduction from the 2025 observed value, easing Scope 2 exposure for this facility without any operational change. Forward-looking water stress and depletion scores for 2030/2050/2080 are not populated in the dataset, so no quantified shift in physical water risk can be cited for this horizon — this is a data gap rather than an assumption of stability.

Grid carbon intensity is projected to nearly halve again by 2050 (50 gCO2/kWh), pointing to a strong decarbonisation trajectory for Scope 2 emissions tied to Colombia's electricity mix. Residual physical risk is harder to characterise: with no 2050/2080 water stress or depletion labels available, the facility's long-term exposure to drought and wastewater-related risk in the MAGDALENA basin remains an open question that should be revisited as horizon data becomes available.