Facilitated Audience Discussion: Uncovering the True Impacts of Data Centers & Building Solutions that Benefit Communities

  • Recognising why conventional sustainability playbooks fall short in addressing their scale, speed, and resource intensity of data center projects
  • Understanding the real carbon, energy, and water impacts of hyperscale timelines, temporary power, and infrastructure- and the knock-on-effect on communities
  • Identifying practical, near-term levers across contractors, owners, and supply chains to meaningfully reduce harm today
  • Shifting industry practices to deliver more equitable, community-aligned outcomes as AI-driven demand accelerates