Customers and stakeholders are demanding accountability on climate impact, creating a compelling business incentive to embrace sustainability.  When it comes to climate change, it is time for the data center sector to lead. The massive energy footprint of cloud computing enables the data center industry to drive a global shift to renewably-powered business. 

Almost daily, the urgent need for climate change is written large in headlines – be it, the devastating wildfires on the West Coast or powerful hurricanes along the Gulf Coast. These disasters have been a tipping point in public awareness, driving home the fact that a changed climate is not a future threat, but a current reality. The data center industry is in a unique position to accelerate the adoption of sustainable practices and reduce the damage to our changing climate.

Accelerating Green Data Centers

Innovation in energy efficiency and renewable adoption has been driven by the industry’s largest enterprise customers, such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft. Sustainability is now a front-of-mind concern for all enterprises, small and large, which is raising the bar for the entire industry.

The Uptime Institute writes, “Regulators, watchdogs, customers and others will increasingly expect operators of digital infrastructure to provide hard and detailed evidence of carbon reductions, water savings and significant power savings — all while maintaining, if not improving, resiliency.” If you like to start a conversation on how OceanTech can help your sustainability and resiliency…