Sustainability is a key priority for most companies as they seek to mitigate climate change, manage risk, meet customer expectations, and attract investors.

Increasingly, companies are looking beyond their own operations to their providers’ sustainability practices. In the data centre industry, the largest customers have made aggressive climate pledges and providers are implementing a range of sustainability measures.

Why data centre sustainability matters

Improving the environmental sustainability of data centres is essential for the health of the planet. It is also good business. As one of the providers we work with puts it, “Sustainability is existential.” Customer requirements, business value, government regulations and community sentiment are among the top drivers of data centre providers’ investments in environmental sustainability.

For most data centre providers, the majority of revenue comes from a relatively small number