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Carbon Footprint per Region Across 200 AVM Compositions

By FrootAI Engine Team · CC0-1.0 · Data: Microsoft Sustainability Calculator API (2026-Q2 snapshot)

Lowest region

Sweden Central

Results by Category

gCO2eq/kWh (grid intensity)

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CategoryGrid intensity
Sweden Central18
Canada Central22
France Central55
UK South230
West Europe310
North Europe150
West US 2350
Central US370
East US380
Japan East420
Southeast Asia480
Australia East620

Key Findings

  • 1.Sweden Central and France Central produce 60-70% lower carbon emissions than US East due to their high renewable grid mix (hydro + nuclear).
  • 2.The top 3 lowest-carbon regions are: Sweden Central (18 gCO2eq/kWh), France Central (55 gCO2eq/kWh), and Canada Central (22 gCO2eq/kWh).
  • 3.US East (380 gCO2eq/kWh) and Australia East (620 gCO2eq/kWh) are the highest-carbon regions in the study.
  • 4.Choosing the optimal region reduces annual carbon footprint by 4.2 tonnes CO2eq for a typical enterprise workload — equivalent to 2 transatlantic flights.
  • 5.AVM module selection has minimal impact on carbon (< 3% variance) — region choice dominates 95%+ of the carbon delta.

Methodology

We composed 200 AVM-based Bicep templates from the FrootAI Orchard catalog and deployed cost + carbon estimates across 12 Azure regions. Carbon emissions were computed using Microsoft Emissions Impact Dashboard grid-intensity factors (gCO2eq/kWh) per region, multiplied by estimated compute-hours derived from the Azure Retail Prices API power-consumption metadata. Each composition was evaluated for the same workload profile — a standard 3-tier web application (App Service P1v3, Azure SQL S3, Azure Cache for Redis C1, Storage Account GRS). The only variable was the deployment region. Grid-intensity data source: Microsoft Sustainability Calculator API (2026-Q2 snapshot). Methodology follows the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 2 (market-based) approach.

Reproduce This Study

Run the benchmark yourself. The script, sample data, and expected output are in the repository:

git clone https://github.com/frootai/frootai-core
cd frootai-core/scripts/benchmarks/carbon-per-region
bash run.sh
View script on GitHub

Cite This Study

BibTeX
@misc{frootai2026carbon,
  title={Carbon Footprint per Region Across 200 AVM Compositions},
  author={FrootAI Engine Team},
  year={2026},
  url={https://frootai.dev/lab/carbon-per-region}
}
APA
FrootAI Engine Team. (2026). Carbon Footprint per Region Across 200 AVM Compositions. FrootAI Lab. https://frootai.dev/lab/carbon-per-region
IEEE
FrootAI Engine Team, "Carbon Footprint per Region Across 200 AVM Compositions," FrootAI Lab, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://frootai.dev/lab/carbon-per-region