Climate Resilience: A critical Pillar of Data Centre Strategy
Climate resilience is becoming a defining pillar of data centre sustainability. As AI and digital infrastructure expand, operators must look beyond energy efficiency to address heat, flooding, water stress and grid instability. In this article, Rubala Thangaraj, Senior Sustainability Advisor at The ESG Institute, explores how resilience protects uptime, asset value, business continuity and long-term competitiveness in a changing climate.
“While directly serving their customers, companies should indirectly serve the interests of society by taking responsibility for the holistic impact of their activities. Its simply a more broad view of value creation. This is what ESG is all about.”
Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth