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# solvers.SustainabilityModel { #mlsysim.solvers.SustainabilityModel }
```python
solvers.SustainabilityModel()
```
Calculates Datacenter-scale Sustainability metrics.
Handles Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), Carbon Intensity,
and Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE) across different regional grids.
This model simulates the 'Infrastructure Tax' — the energy spent on
cooling and power delivery rather than on neural computation.
Literature Source:
1. Patterson et al. (2021), "Carbon Emissions and Large Neural Network
Training."
2. Belkhir & Elmeligi (2018), "Assessing ICT Global Emissions Footprint."
3. Wu et al. (2022), "Sustainable AI: Environmental Implications,
Challenges and Opportunities."
## Methods
| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [solve](#mlsysim.solvers.SustainabilityModel.solve) | Calculates energy, carbon, and water footprint for a fleet operation. |
### solve { #mlsysim.solvers.SustainabilityModel.solve }
```python
solvers.SustainabilityModel.solve(
fleet,
duration_days,
datacenter=None,
mfu=1.0,
embodied_carbon_per_device=0.0,
)
```
Calculates energy, carbon, and water footprint for a fleet operation.