The environmental impact, carbon emissions and sustainability of computing in the ATLAS experiment

ATLAS Collaboration

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14976-3

The environmental impact, carbon emissions and sustainability of computing in the ATLAS experiment

ATLAS Collaboration

Department of Physics
Stellenbosch University
Department of Physics
University of South Africa
University of Zululand
Faculté des Sciences Semlalia
Departamento de Física Teórica y del Cosmos
Universidad de Granada
Universidad San Sebastian
CERN
National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”
University of Sheffield
Harvard University
Università di Bologna
INFN Sezione di Bologna
University of Belgrade
Universität Siegen
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Indiana University Bloomington
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
University of Science and Technology of China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Shandong University
University of Arizona
Nanjing University
Tsinghua University
University of Illinois
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Carleton University
University of Washington
Université Paris-Saclay
University College London
University of Tokyo
Université de Toulouse III UPS
University of Chinese Academy of Science (UCAS)
Argonne National Laboratory
Queen Mary University of London
Comenius University
Brandeis University
Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Czech Technical University in Prague
INFN Sezione di Milano
Università di Milano
Universidad Andres Bello
Université de Genève
Centro Mixto Universidad de Valencia – CSIC
Institute of Nuclear Physics
Università di Genova
INFN Sezione di Genova
Réseau Universitaire de Physique des Hautes Energies - Université Hassan II
University of Oregon
Waseda University
Oxford University
University of California, Berkeley
Brookhaven National Laboratory Physics Department
University of Sussex
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Glasgow
Kobe University
University of Tsukuba
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba
University of Cape Town
University of Sydney
University of Pittsburgh
University of Edinburgh
University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
Niels Bohr Institutet
University of Manchester
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut)
Université Savoie Mont Blanc
University of Wisconsin
University of Nijmegen/NIKHEF
Sun Yat-Sen University
University of Birmingham
University of Toronto
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
DESY
Columbia University
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas – LIP
Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics and University of Amsterdam
Université Grenoble-Alpes
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires (IFIBA)
University of Chicago
University of Cambridge
Royal Institute of Technology
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Osaka University
University of California, Irvine
University of Adelaide
University of Texas
Lancaster University
University of Bonn
Technische Universität Dortmund
New York University
University of Bern
Humboldt University
Royal Holloway University of London
McGill University
University of Iowa
Academia Sinica, Institute Of Physics
University of Texas at Austin
Institut fu¨r Physik
Lunds Universitet
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
University of Oklahoma
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Duke University
Jagiellonian University
Technische Universität Dresden
Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Simon Fraser University
TRIUMF
Universidade Federal do Rio De Janeiro COPPE/EE/IF
INFN Sezione di Pisa
Università di Pisa
INFN Sezione di Lecce
Università del Salento
INFN Sezione di Roma Tre
University of Ljubljana
California State University, Long Beach
The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
Charles University
Oklahoma State University
Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
Northern Illinois University
Yale University
Tel Aviv University
INFN Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata
Università di Roma Tor Vergata
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Stockholm University
The Oskar Klein Centre
Istinye University
University of Montreal
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Institute of Experimental Physics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Millennium Institute for Subatomic physics at high energy frontier (SAPHIR)
Universidad de La Serena
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation (CIRI-AUTH)
Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Ankara University
The University of Hong Kong
State University of New York
Ochanomizu University
Faculty of Science
Institute of Physics of the Georgian Academy of Sciences
Hellenic Open University
University of Johannesburg
Sorbonne Université
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Stanford University
Aix-Marseille Université and CNRS/IN2P3
Kyushu University
Università di Udine
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Southern Methodist University
Universität Innsbruck
Institute of Particle Physics
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
York University
School of Physics
Université Mohammed V
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Università della Calabria
Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Technion: Israel Institute of Technology
Michigan State University
University of British Columbia
Universität Hamburg
University of Uppsala
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
University of Bergen
Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
University of Sharjah
INFN Sezione di Napoli
Università di Napoli
The Weizmann Institute of Science
Khalifa University of Science and Technology
University of New Mexico
Université Clermont Auvergne
University of Victoria
University of Oslo
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
University of West Attica
Ohio State University
Washington College, Chestertown
Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy (INRNE) of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
University of Bristol
Yerevan Physics Institute
Universidad de Tarapacá
Centro de Física Nuclear da Universidade de Lisboa
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
University of Sao Paulo
AGH University of Science and Technology
Sapienza Università di Roma
University of Liverpool
INFN Sezione di Pavia
Università di Pavia
Universidad Antonio Narino
Université Mohamed Premier and LPTPM
INFN-TIFPA
University of Trento
Joint Laboratory of Optics
University of Warwick
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies
Transilvania University of Brasov
University of Alberta
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
University of Colorado Boulder
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Tufts University
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bogazici University
Nagoya University
Università Roma Tre
Universidade do Minho
iThemba Labs
New York University Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates University
Université Lyon 1
Tbilisi State University
ICREA
Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF)
Federal University of Bahia
Boston University
Iowa State University
Shinshu University
Ilia State University (ISU)
Yeditepe University
Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences
National Tsing Hua University
University Politehnica Bucharest
Université Ibn-Tofail
Henan University
West University in Timisoara
University of Georgia
University of the Aegean
National Institute of Physics, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman
City University of New York
University of Bucharest
Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMB-CNM-CSIC)
Louisiana Tech University
ICTP
Abant Izzet Baysal University
Universita di Napoli Parthenope
Instituto Superior Técnico
Sofia University,'St. Kliment Ohridski'
The Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter (CICQM)
Università degli Studi di Siena
Departament de Fisica de la Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Westmont College, Santa Barbara
Gaziantep University
University of Fribourg
An-Najah National University
University of Thessaly
Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
School of Physics
Istanbul University
King’s College London

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Original language	English
Article number	1397
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	85
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14976-3
State	Published - Dec 2025

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