The Cisco Nexus Dashboard offers Cisco customers visibility into the carbon footprint of their Cisco infrastructure, leveraging Electricity Maps’ API.
Jul 2, 2025
The Cisco Nexus Dashboard offers Cisco customers visibility into their tech carbon footprint, leveraging Electricity Maps' API.
The Challenge
Gaining visibility into network emissions
With increasing attention on the energy demand of data centers, there is a growing need to understand the environmental footprint of these operations. Emission factors vary by location and even by hour, making it challenging to evaluate the environmental footprint of IT equipment and effectively report Scope 2 emissions.
Achieving this requires granular, real-time data that captures power consumption, electricity sources, and emission factors — information that is often difficult to obtain across geographically dispersed networks.
The Solution
Granular electricity insights built into Cisco Nexus Cloud Network Dashboard
Cisco integrates sustainability insights directly into its Nexus Dashboard, bringing visibility to the energy footprint of its customers' data center usage. Electricity Maps API delivers data for Cisco's Sustainability Report within the dashboard, helping their customers monitor, predict, and improve their network's energy usage, its related carbon emissions, and its total energy cost. Electricity Maps' API is integrated with Cisco's device usage metrics to deliver an actionable analysis of the electricity consumption across multiple data centers.
The report allows a deep analysis, including total or data center specific electricity consumption and emissions, the proportion of electricity derived from renewable sources, as well as the power mix used in operations. With this tool, Cisco's customers can better understand and report their data center emissions. It also enables them to reduce energy costs and align their network operations with broader sustainability objectives.
Key Features & Capabilities
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Integration
Direct sustainability insights: Built directly into the Nexus Dashboard interface
Comprehensive visibility: Energy footprint tracking for data center usage
Real-time monitoring: Continuous tracking of network energy consumption
Predictive capabilities: Forecasting tools for energy usage optimization
Cost analysis: Total energy cost calculations alongside emissions data
Electricity Maps API Integration
Device metrics integration: Combined with Cisco's usage metrics for comprehensive analysis
Multi-data center support: Actionable analysis across geographically dispersed networks
Granular data delivery: Real-time emission factors and electricity source information
Location-specific insights: Hourly variation data by geographic location
Sustainability Reporting Capabilities
Total consumption analysis: Overall electricity consumption across all operations
Data center-specific reporting: Granular insights for individual facilities
Emissions tracking: Detailed carbon emissions reporting and analysis
Renewable energy proportion: Percentage of electricity from renewable sources
Power mix analysis: Breakdown of energy sources used in operations
Scope 2 emissions reporting: Accurate reporting aligned with standard protocols
Compliance & Standards
Maximizing value for customers
To make this data most useful for Cisco's customers, the solution adheres to the GHG Protocol Scope 2 guidance. By leveraging flow-traced carbon intensity data, Cisco ensures emissions reporting is:
Accurate: Precise measurement based on real-time data
Independently verifiable: Transparent methodology for validation
Industry standard aligned: Compliance with established reporting protocols
Business Benefits
Enhanced reporting: Better understanding and reporting of data center emissions
Cost reduction: Ability to reduce energy costs through informed decision making
Sustainability alignment: Network operations aligned with broader sustainability objectives
Predictive optimization: Tools to predict and improve energy usage patterns
Compliance support: Meeting regulatory and industry reporting requirements
Technical Integration
API-driven: Electricity Maps API seamlessly integrated into existing dashboard
Real-time data: Continuous updates of emission factors and energy source information
Multi-location support: Consistent data across geographically dispersed networks
Device-level granularity: Integration with Cisco device usage metrics
Scalable architecture: Support for large enterprise data center networks
Use Cases
Data center operators: Comprehensive energy and emissions monitoring
Enterprise IT teams: Understanding tech carbon footprint across facilities
Sustainability teams: Accurate Scope 2 emissions reporting
Facilities management: Energy cost optimization and planning
Compliance officers: Meeting environmental reporting requirements
Are you ready to reach your sustainability goals? Contact us.
The Cisco Nexus Dashboard offers Cisco customers visibility into their tech carbon footprint, leveraging Electricity Maps' API.
The Challenge
Gaining visibility into network emissions
With increasing attention on the energy demand of data centers, there is a growing need to understand the environmental footprint of these operations. Emission factors vary by location and even by hour, making it challenging to evaluate the environmental footprint of IT equipment and effectively report Scope 2 emissions.
Achieving this requires granular, real-time data that captures power consumption, electricity sources, and emission factors — information that is often difficult to obtain across geographically dispersed networks.
The Solution
Granular electricity insights built into Cisco Nexus Cloud Network Dashboard
Cisco integrates sustainability insights directly into its Nexus Dashboard, bringing visibility to the energy footprint of its customers' data center usage. Electricity Maps API delivers data for Cisco's Sustainability Report within the dashboard, helping their customers monitor, predict, and improve their network's energy usage, its related carbon emissions, and its total energy cost. Electricity Maps' API is integrated with Cisco's device usage metrics to deliver an actionable analysis of the electricity consumption across multiple data centers.
The report allows a deep analysis, including total or data center specific electricity consumption and emissions, the proportion of electricity derived from renewable sources, as well as the power mix used in operations. With this tool, Cisco's customers can better understand and report their data center emissions. It also enables them to reduce energy costs and align their network operations with broader sustainability objectives.
Key Features & Capabilities
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Integration
Direct sustainability insights: Built directly into the Nexus Dashboard interface
Comprehensive visibility: Energy footprint tracking for data center usage
Real-time monitoring: Continuous tracking of network energy consumption
Predictive capabilities: Forecasting tools for energy usage optimization
Cost analysis: Total energy cost calculations alongside emissions data
Electricity Maps API Integration
Device metrics integration: Combined with Cisco's usage metrics for comprehensive analysis
Multi-data center support: Actionable analysis across geographically dispersed networks
Granular data delivery: Real-time emission factors and electricity source information
Location-specific insights: Hourly variation data by geographic location
Sustainability Reporting Capabilities
Total consumption analysis: Overall electricity consumption across all operations
Data center-specific reporting: Granular insights for individual facilities
Emissions tracking: Detailed carbon emissions reporting and analysis
Renewable energy proportion: Percentage of electricity from renewable sources
Power mix analysis: Breakdown of energy sources used in operations
Scope 2 emissions reporting: Accurate reporting aligned with standard protocols
Compliance & Standards
Maximizing value for customers
To make this data most useful for Cisco's customers, the solution adheres to the GHG Protocol Scope 2 guidance. By leveraging flow-traced carbon intensity data, Cisco ensures emissions reporting is:
Accurate: Precise measurement based on real-time data
Independently verifiable: Transparent methodology for validation
Industry standard aligned: Compliance with established reporting protocols
Business Benefits
Enhanced reporting: Better understanding and reporting of data center emissions
Cost reduction: Ability to reduce energy costs through informed decision making
Sustainability alignment: Network operations aligned with broader sustainability objectives
Predictive optimization: Tools to predict and improve energy usage patterns
Compliance support: Meeting regulatory and industry reporting requirements
Technical Integration
API-driven: Electricity Maps API seamlessly integrated into existing dashboard
Real-time data: Continuous updates of emission factors and energy source information
Multi-location support: Consistent data across geographically dispersed networks
Device-level granularity: Integration with Cisco device usage metrics
Scalable architecture: Support for large enterprise data center networks
Use Cases
Data center operators: Comprehensive energy and emissions monitoring
Enterprise IT teams: Understanding tech carbon footprint across facilities
Sustainability teams: Accurate Scope 2 emissions reporting
Facilities management: Energy cost optimization and planning
Compliance officers: Meeting environmental reporting requirements
Are you ready to reach your sustainability goals? Contact us.
The Cisco Nexus Dashboard offers Cisco customers visibility into their tech carbon footprint, leveraging Electricity Maps' API.
The Challenge
Gaining visibility into network emissions
With increasing attention on the energy demand of data centers, there is a growing need to understand the environmental footprint of these operations. Emission factors vary by location and even by hour, making it challenging to evaluate the environmental footprint of IT equipment and effectively report Scope 2 emissions.
Achieving this requires granular, real-time data that captures power consumption, electricity sources, and emission factors — information that is often difficult to obtain across geographically dispersed networks.
The Solution
Granular electricity insights built into Cisco Nexus Cloud Network Dashboard
Cisco integrates sustainability insights directly into its Nexus Dashboard, bringing visibility to the energy footprint of its customers' data center usage. Electricity Maps API delivers data for Cisco's Sustainability Report within the dashboard, helping their customers monitor, predict, and improve their network's energy usage, its related carbon emissions, and its total energy cost. Electricity Maps' API is integrated with Cisco's device usage metrics to deliver an actionable analysis of the electricity consumption across multiple data centers.
The report allows a deep analysis, including total or data center specific electricity consumption and emissions, the proportion of electricity derived from renewable sources, as well as the power mix used in operations. With this tool, Cisco's customers can better understand and report their data center emissions. It also enables them to reduce energy costs and align their network operations with broader sustainability objectives.
Key Features & Capabilities
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Integration
Direct sustainability insights: Built directly into the Nexus Dashboard interface
Comprehensive visibility: Energy footprint tracking for data center usage
Real-time monitoring: Continuous tracking of network energy consumption
Predictive capabilities: Forecasting tools for energy usage optimization
Cost analysis: Total energy cost calculations alongside emissions data
Electricity Maps API Integration
Device metrics integration: Combined with Cisco's usage metrics for comprehensive analysis
Multi-data center support: Actionable analysis across geographically dispersed networks
Granular data delivery: Real-time emission factors and electricity source information
Location-specific insights: Hourly variation data by geographic location
Sustainability Reporting Capabilities
Total consumption analysis: Overall electricity consumption across all operations
Data center-specific reporting: Granular insights for individual facilities
Emissions tracking: Detailed carbon emissions reporting and analysis
Renewable energy proportion: Percentage of electricity from renewable sources
Power mix analysis: Breakdown of energy sources used in operations
Scope 2 emissions reporting: Accurate reporting aligned with standard protocols
Compliance & Standards
Maximizing value for customers
To make this data most useful for Cisco's customers, the solution adheres to the GHG Protocol Scope 2 guidance. By leveraging flow-traced carbon intensity data, Cisco ensures emissions reporting is:
Accurate: Precise measurement based on real-time data
Independently verifiable: Transparent methodology for validation
Industry standard aligned: Compliance with established reporting protocols
Business Benefits
Enhanced reporting: Better understanding and reporting of data center emissions
Cost reduction: Ability to reduce energy costs through informed decision making
Sustainability alignment: Network operations aligned with broader sustainability objectives
Predictive optimization: Tools to predict and improve energy usage patterns
Compliance support: Meeting regulatory and industry reporting requirements
Technical Integration
API-driven: Electricity Maps API seamlessly integrated into existing dashboard
Real-time data: Continuous updates of emission factors and energy source information
Multi-location support: Consistent data across geographically dispersed networks
Device-level granularity: Integration with Cisco device usage metrics
Scalable architecture: Support for large enterprise data center networks
Use Cases
Data center operators: Comprehensive energy and emissions monitoring
Enterprise IT teams: Understanding tech carbon footprint across facilities
Sustainability teams: Accurate Scope 2 emissions reporting
Facilities management: Energy cost optimization and planning
Compliance officers: Meeting environmental reporting requirements
Are you ready to reach your sustainability goals? Contact us.
The Cisco Nexus Dashboard offers Cisco customers visibility into their tech carbon footprint, leveraging Electricity Maps' API.
The Challenge
Gaining visibility into network emissions
With increasing attention on the energy demand of data centers, there is a growing need to understand the environmental footprint of these operations. Emission factors vary by location and even by hour, making it challenging to evaluate the environmental footprint of IT equipment and effectively report Scope 2 emissions.
Achieving this requires granular, real-time data that captures power consumption, electricity sources, and emission factors — information that is often difficult to obtain across geographically dispersed networks.
The Solution
Granular electricity insights built into Cisco Nexus Cloud Network Dashboard
Cisco integrates sustainability insights directly into its Nexus Dashboard, bringing visibility to the energy footprint of its customers' data center usage. Electricity Maps API delivers data for Cisco's Sustainability Report within the dashboard, helping their customers monitor, predict, and improve their network's energy usage, its related carbon emissions, and its total energy cost. Electricity Maps' API is integrated with Cisco's device usage metrics to deliver an actionable analysis of the electricity consumption across multiple data centers.
The report allows a deep analysis, including total or data center specific electricity consumption and emissions, the proportion of electricity derived from renewable sources, as well as the power mix used in operations. With this tool, Cisco's customers can better understand and report their data center emissions. It also enables them to reduce energy costs and align their network operations with broader sustainability objectives.
Key Features & Capabilities
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Integration
Direct sustainability insights: Built directly into the Nexus Dashboard interface
Comprehensive visibility: Energy footprint tracking for data center usage
Real-time monitoring: Continuous tracking of network energy consumption
Predictive capabilities: Forecasting tools for energy usage optimization
Cost analysis: Total energy cost calculations alongside emissions data
Electricity Maps API Integration
Device metrics integration: Combined with Cisco's usage metrics for comprehensive analysis
Multi-data center support: Actionable analysis across geographically dispersed networks
Granular data delivery: Real-time emission factors and electricity source information
Location-specific insights: Hourly variation data by geographic location
Sustainability Reporting Capabilities
Total consumption analysis: Overall electricity consumption across all operations
Data center-specific reporting: Granular insights for individual facilities
Emissions tracking: Detailed carbon emissions reporting and analysis
Renewable energy proportion: Percentage of electricity from renewable sources
Power mix analysis: Breakdown of energy sources used in operations
Scope 2 emissions reporting: Accurate reporting aligned with standard protocols
Compliance & Standards
Maximizing value for customers
To make this data most useful for Cisco's customers, the solution adheres to the GHG Protocol Scope 2 guidance. By leveraging flow-traced carbon intensity data, Cisco ensures emissions reporting is:
Accurate: Precise measurement based on real-time data
Independently verifiable: Transparent methodology for validation
Industry standard aligned: Compliance with established reporting protocols
Business Benefits
Enhanced reporting: Better understanding and reporting of data center emissions
Cost reduction: Ability to reduce energy costs through informed decision making
Sustainability alignment: Network operations aligned with broader sustainability objectives
Predictive optimization: Tools to predict and improve energy usage patterns
Compliance support: Meeting regulatory and industry reporting requirements
Technical Integration
API-driven: Electricity Maps API seamlessly integrated into existing dashboard
Real-time data: Continuous updates of emission factors and energy source information
Multi-location support: Consistent data across geographically dispersed networks
Device-level granularity: Integration with Cisco device usage metrics
Scalable architecture: Support for large enterprise data center networks
Use Cases
Data center operators: Comprehensive energy and emissions monitoring
Enterprise IT teams: Understanding tech carbon footprint across facilities
Sustainability teams: Accurate Scope 2 emissions reporting
Facilities management: Energy cost optimization and planning
Compliance officers: Meeting environmental reporting requirements
Are you ready to reach your sustainability goals? Contact us.
