Data centers are where the physical infrastructure of the internet intersect with digital services which drive economic efficiencies and act as sustainability enablers.
Digitalization is a major driver of decarbonization. According to a 2022 Accenture survey, “Delivering on the sustainability agenda will be impossible without technology. Every respondent in the survey of 560 companies with over $1 billion in revenue said technology was either ‘important’ or ‘very important’ for achieving their sustainability targets.”
Within this, the roles of CIOs and senior data center managers in meeting corporate sustainability targets are undisputed. But they cannot act by separately looking at half the picture. Greater collaboration based on shared data is vital.
CIOs and CTOs should look to reduce and eradicate the separation between IT, FM and M+E to find sustainability and carbon cutting benefits.
