Post Event: The Real Cost of Compute: Can Data Centres grow sustainably?
𝐄𝐆𝐍 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 — EGN Cross Functional Virtual Event
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲: 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆?
AI is changing more than how we work. It is reshaping the infrastructure that powers our digital future.
At our recent EGN Cross Functional Virtual Event, Amit Mishra shared valuable insights into the growing demand for computing power, the real costs of data centres, and the challenge of making AI infrastructure more sustainable.
Key Takeaways:
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲
AI is driving demand for computing power, increasing data centres’ energy needs and operating costs.
𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀
Smarter power systems and advanced cooling technologies can reduce energy waste.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆
Renewable energy, water reuse, and energy recovery can help make data centres more sustainable.
𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
Climate, energy availability, data sovereignty, and security all influence where data centres should be built.
𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆
The challenge is to meet growing AI demand while improving energy efficiency and reducing environmental impact.
A sincere thank you to Amit Mishra, Chief Evangelist and Founding Member of the Global Data Centre Alliance (GDCA), for sharing your expertise and perspectives on the future of AI infrastructure and sustainable data centres.
Thank you to Subhash for hosting the session and creating a valuable space for our members to learn and exchange ideas.
A special thank you to Binu Balan from B.Connected for making this collaboration possible and bringing this important conversation to the EGN community.
Thank you to all our EGN members and participants for your thoughtful questions, active engagement, and willingness to share perspectives.
At EGN, we believe that better leaders and better decisions are built through meaningful conversations with the right peers.
We look forward to more meaningful conversations, connections and learning together. 💙