DESIGN & BUILD
“ By collaborating with Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft, we can help accelerate how these entrepreneurs are deploying – commercialising technologies that reduce emissions and deliver more positive impact for communities, including affordable, reliable energy.”
“ We see this historic buildout of data centres as a way to pull forward important innovations that we’ ve been investing in for many years”
Dawn Lippert CEO and Founder Elemental Impact
Big tech proving grounds The DCII arrives as hyperscale operators are facing mounting scrutiny around energy demand and sustainability targets.
AI workloads continue to increase compute requirements, while operators are searching for ways to reduce emissions without slowing expansion. Elemental Impact says participating companies will help identify priority areas, contribute to diligence processes and support deployment opportunities for selected technologies.
Projects will be tested either in existing data centres or at dedicated demonstration sites. The initiative focuses on several technical areas. These include energy storage systems designed to support cleaner and more reliable electricity supply, advanced electrical infrastructure intended to improve operational resilience and industrial cooling systems that reduce both water and energy consumption.
Low-carbon construction materials also form part of the programme, reflecting the scale of physical expansion taking place across the sector. datacentremagazine. com 99