KEPPEL DC REIT
Gorey Windfarm
Work is now underway to evaluate the potential elimination of diesel generators through advanced battery technology.
A significant part of this transition is making its supply chains more sustainable, with Keppel DC REIT Ireland eager to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“ Can we deliver renewable energy to our customers in their own facilities? Keppel, as a group, is capable of doing this,” Gary says.
“ We’ re looking at a variety of solutions. Can we get rid of generators altogether? Where are we buying our batteries from? What does that look like?”
Keppel DC REIT Ireland has worked closely with leading car manufacturer Mercedes to use an electric van to distribute trees to schools, community centres and hospices. The company is also committed to environmental initiatives like DCs for Bees, which distributes pollinator-friendly plants to schools and community groups.
“ Since then, we’ ve gone on to distribute orchards around local communities, schools, residential associations, our own data centres and planted hedge rows that are good for pollinators,” Gary shares.“ We’ re engaging with schools on other projects and looking at how we can actually assist certain schools with products and tools that can help the students.
“ We’ ve also set up bottle deposit schemes at our data centres where bottles are deposited into bottle banks on site and the money goes to charity at Christmas. So everybody’ s
“We’ re committed to the environment and the local communities that we serve in Ireland”
GARY WATSON, COUNTRY MANAGER, KEPPEL DC REIT IRELAND
making a difference. We’ re trying our best to be engaged. It can be challenging, but we are firmly committed to our sustainability goals.
“ We’ re committed to the environment and the local communities that we serve in Ireland.”
Investing in innovative infrastructure At its core, Keppel DC REIT Ireland remains eager to improve its sustainability efforts. For instance, it has recently partnered with facilities management company Datalec to maintain its operations across Ireland.
“ They take ownership and accountability,” Gary says.“ They’ re open and transparent, which is key for us in the running of any critical facility.