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Scope

Standardization of assessment methods, design practices, operation and management aspects to support resource efficiency, resilience and environmental sustainability for and by information technology, data centres and other facilities and infrastructure necessary for service provisioning.

To avoid any duplication of work and to support innovation, SC 39 will engage in active liaison and collaboration with:

  • other JTC1 entities;
  • ISO TC 207, ISO TC 242, ISO TC 257;
  • IEC TC 100, IEC TC 111, IEC PC 118, SMB SG 4, IEC/TC 57/WG 2 and IEC/TC 9
  • ITU-T SG 5; and
  • Any other appropriate body including external organizations (e.g. consortia)

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    Sustainable Development Goals

    This committee contributes with 20 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

    9
    Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
    11
    Sustainable Cities and Communities
    12
    Responsible Consumption and Production
    13
    Climate Action
    29

    Published ISO standards *

    9

    ISO standards under development *

    26
    Participating members
    13
    Observing members

    * number includes updates

    Reference Title Type
    ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39/WG 1   Resource Efficient Data Centres Working group
    ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39/WG 3   Sustainable facilities and infrastructures Working group
    ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39/WG 4   Eco-design of digital services Working group

     

    Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee
    Reference Title
    ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JAG Joint Advisory Group on AI and sustainability with ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 39 and JTC1/SC 42
    Liaison Committees to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39

    The committees below can access the documents of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39:

    Reference Title ISO/IEC
    IEC/TC 100 Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment IEC
    IEC/TC 111 Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems IEC
    ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC
    ISO/TC 207 Environmental management ISO
    ISO/TC 301 Energy management and energy savings ISO

     

    Liaison Committees from ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39

    ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 can access the documents of the committees below:

    Reference Title ISO/IEC
    IEC/TC 111 Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems IEC
    ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 Cloud computing and distributed platforms ISO/IEC
    ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41 Internet of things and digital twin ISO/IEC
    ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC

     

    Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
    Acronym Title Category
    EC - European Commission European Commission A
    Ecma International Ecma International A
    ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute A
    ITU International Telecommunication Union A
    SPEC Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation A
    TGG The Green Grid A

    Date Month Location TC/SC Note
    23 May 2025 (Korea, Republic of) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 **
      May 2026 () ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 **

    * Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
    ** Provisional

    ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 - Secretariat

    ANSI [United States]

    American National Standards Institute
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    Washington 20036 DC
    United States

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    2. Taking part
    3. Who develops standards
    4. Technical Committees
    5. ISO/IEC JTC 1
    6. SC 39