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title: Sustainability | Argnode
description: Where our AI compute actually runs, why we will not buy a certificate to call it zero, and the measurement we are building before we publish any number.
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Sustainability
# No number yet, and no badge either.
AI compute costs energy. Most companies hide that behind a certificate and call it zero. We will not buy that certificate, and we will not publish a figure we cannot yet stand behind. Here is what is true today, and what we are building.

## What is true today

###  Green-contracted inference
The heavy compute runs on green-contracted nodes in low-carbon grids in Austria and Finland, on a wind and green electricity contract. That is where the emissions actually live, so that is where we focus.

###  Green providers only
For infrastructure we do not run ourselves, like the web edge, we require the provider's green-energy commitment. If a provider cannot offer green compute, we choose another.

###  Measurement before claims
We do not yet measure the emissions of our own compute, so we publish no figure. We are building that measurement now. When it lands it will be real, location-based emissions from the actual grid mix, not a paper zero bought with certificates.

Green energy never overrides data protection. Any node that touches client data meets the same EU security standard and is covered by the same data processing agreement as the rest of our stack, green grid or not.

See also:
- [How we work](https://www.argnode.com/en/process)
- [About Argnode](https://www.argnode.com/en/about)