ESG at Webdock
We’re into real numbers, not marketing slides. Here’s our 2025 annual ESG report, in all its transparent glory
2025 vs 2024
The numbers, year over year
Every figure below comes straight from our second annual ESG report. No estimates, no offsets dressed up as reductions.
From 2024 to 2025, Webdock significantly reduced its environmental impact while expanding operations. Average CO₂e emissions per customer server fell by 57%, total waste decreased by 43%, and water consumption dropped by 20%. Our use of certified green electricity nearly tripled, supplemented by 8,140 kWh of our own solar power. The full methodology behind these figures is in the 2025 ESG report.
At the same time, our Danish workforce tripled, our international team grew, and we expanded from one location to two. The share of refurbished hardware decreased slightly to 83%, primarily reflecting the substantial infrastructure investment required to support this growth.
Our Business Behaviour
Five principles we hold ourselves to
Select a principle to see what it means in practice. Each one is documented in full in our ESG report.
Water & Cooling
A datacenter that barely touches water
Most datacenters draw enormous volumes of water for cooling. Ours uses just eight cubic metres a year, and that number is still falling.
Closed-loop coolant
The water in our cooling system runs in a sealed closed loop, so we don't continuously draw in new water the way conventional cooling does.
Free cooling with ambient air
We primarily cool our servers using outside ambient air rather than water. What little we do use is mostly for office space, not the racks.
CO₂e Emissions
Total footprint, honestly accounted
Our first full climate accounting, covering Scope 1, 2 and 3, calculated with the GHG Protocol.
Not every number moved in one direction. Emissions from electricity fell sharply as our certified green power was recalculated, and energy-and-process emissions dropped by 86%. Procurement and marketing rose over the same period, driven by hardware growth and larger campaign spend as the company scaled. We report all of it, because a climate account is only useful if it's complete.
Circular Economy
Refurbished first, and honest about the tradeoffs
83% of the hardware we buy is refurbished. But we're not pretending the answer is always simple.
Where we are
Our waste is tiny: in 2025, 117.6 kg of cardboard and 18.3 kg of plastic, 100% recycled. When we replace hardware, our supplier's take-back solution repairs and reuses all or part of it.
The dilemma we're working through
Refurbished isn't automatically greener. Older servers serve fewer users than dense new hardware with modern cooling like immersion cooling, so at some point fewer new machines can beat more old ones on CO₂. We're collecting real data to know exactly when that tradeoff flips, rather than guessing.
Certification
Certified by EWII Energi A/S
Our renewable electricity claim is not a marketing line. It is certified by EWII Energi A/S, confirming that 100% of our electricity consumption comes from renewable sources.
The verification process is audited and validated by Energinet and PwC, ensuring full traceability and compliance under Danish and EU energy standards. This certification is a core part of our documented ESG reporting and forms the basis for our Scope 2 emissions accounting.
The Roadmap
Where we're taking this
Concrete targets, not vague ambitions. Here's what we're committing to by 2026 and 2030.