# Scope and Applicability | Embodied Emissions methodology
Source: https://greenpixie.com/docs/methodology/cloud-embodied-emissions/scope-and-applicability

What is in scope, out of scope, and the evaluation boundary.

## 2.1 In Scope [#21-in-scope]

The methodology applies to the following:

* **Supported cloud providers.** Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
* **Hardware components.** The processor, the memory modules populated on the host, the solid state and mechanical drives attached to it, any attached accelerators, and the fixed server components of the host, being the power supplies, the chassis, the fans, the motherboard, and the expansion cards.
* **Life cycle stages.** Cradle-to-gate manufacture of each component, the assembly of the server, transport of the hardware to the data centre, and end-of-life processing after it is withdrawn from service. End of life follows the recycled content method of the GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard.
* **Data centre shell.** An allowance for the building that houses the IT equipment, added to the embodied emissions of each unit of cloud usage.
* **Emissions category.** Scope 3 emissions from the manufacturing and transport of the hardware, calculated using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) principles.
* **Reporting granularity.** Embodied emissions are calculated for each unit of cloud usage, and reported in the unit that usage is billed in.

## 2.2 Out of Scope [#22-out-of-scope]

The following are not covered by this methodology:

* The operational electricity of the same hardware, which is covered by the companion [*Greenpixie Methodology for Cloud Compute Energy Measurement*](/methodology/cloud-compute).
* Facility overhead, grid carbon intensity, and water consumption, all of which are covered by the [*Greenpixie Methodology for Cloud Emission Measurement*](/methodology/cloud).
* On-premises and private cloud infrastructure.
* End-user device manufacturing, transport, and end-of-life processing.
* Other Scope 3 categories not covered above, such as employee commuting or business travel.

## 2.3 Evaluation Boundary [#23-evaluation-boundary]

The evaluation boundary encompasses the cradle-to-gate manufacturing emissions of the physical components of a cloud server, together with the transport of that hardware to the data centre, its end-of-life processing, and an allowance for the data centre shell. Component emissions, with their transport and end-of-life allowances, are apportioned to the unit of cloud usage and amortised over the operating life the hardware is assumed to have. Greenpixie adds the allowance for the data centre shell to the result.

The operational electricity of the same hardware is outside this boundary, as stated in Section 2.2. The two together give a cradle-to-grave account of the hardware, from the extraction of its raw materials through its use to its end-of-life processing.