WATER POSITIVITY
The data centre industry has a resource problem, and Veolia believes that it has the answer. The French environmental services firm, best known for managing water and waste infrastructure across five continents, held an event in the heart of London in April where it set out its ambition to make the sector more sustainable.
At the capital’ s Outernet venue, the firm unveiled its brand new Data Center Resource 360 offering, a suite of services designed to help hyperscalers manage the water, energy and waste demands of their facilities.
What is Data Center Resource 360? Veolia says that its newest offering will help data centre operators to achieve three main goals: carbon neutrality, water positivity and circularity.
According to the firm’ s estimates, Data Center Resource 360 could help operators achieve a reduction in water footprint of up to 75 %, energy efficiency improvements of up to 20 % and waste recycling rates of up to 95 %. So, how exactly does it work? Behind these headline figures is Hubgrade, Veolia’ s existing digital platform, which uses AI and predictive analytics to monitor water consumption, energy performance and maintenance operations in real time.
Richard Kirkman, Veolia’ s newly appointed CEO for Northern Europe, was direct about the economics involved.
“ Around 50 % of the cost of AI infrastructure comes from water and power consumption,” he said.
75 %
reduction in water footprint Data Center Resource 360 enables
98 June 2026