SUSTAINABILITY

Within the business , it has its own decarbonisation agenda , which Marc says is to support greater renewable energy use within the industry .

“ The more we can move data centres to renewable energy sources , the more we can start to build out renewable energies ,” Marc explains . “ The dynamic with our customers is changing , with data centre operators now considering themselves both producers and consumers of energy . Some produce energy from solar panels , build their own wind farms , or invest in storage . They have , in essence , their own microgrid .”

The company ’ s comprehensive approach includes coordinating power management , optimising systems and the strategic sourcing of clean energy .

Clean energy remains a strong priority for data centre leaders . Hyperscalers like Google and AWS started to invest in nuclear power for the first time in 2024 to operate their data centres renewably , whilst having more power to support their high-intensive workloads .

“ If we can ’ t slow our demand for data , then we have to accelerate our clean energy usage ,” Marc says . “ There are actions that we can do around clean energy and decarbonised energy production that allow us to maintain our sustainability goals . Whilst we ’ re looking at how we deploy and deploy at scale around AI , there has to be flexibility in the design to support what ’ s coming in the future .”

150 February 2025