UII UPDATE 77 | Q4 2020
Intelligence Update

Climate change skepticism in the data center

23 Nov 2020
4 min read

Across the globe, data center operators are under pressure to make data centers more sustainable. To this end, efforts are underway to reduce carbon emissions, water consumption and waste. The big, global and largely US-headquartered giants of the internet have made the boldest promises and have taken the most action to date.

But not every organization, or every manager, is equally motivated. Although the vast majority of data center and critical infrastructure managers accept the scientific consensus that climate change is real and is caused by human actions, a significant minority — primarily in the US — do not.

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