DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show

Episode 54 - Industry-wide sustainability with John Booth, Carbon3IT

May 2, 2024

Sustainability consultant John Booth discusses the need for more sustainability in the data center industry. Topics include challenges in sustainability, a past trip to Belarus, evolution of data center standards, ICT manufacturing for recycling, concerns on data center growth, navigating the digital world, challenges of power generation in the UK, and advancements in nuclear fusion for sustainable data centers.

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Quick takeaways

Sustainability in data centers requires comprehensive application across all levels of the industry, emphasizing the need for increased efforts.

Legacy buildings like cable landing stations present challenges in implementing modern energy efficiency practices due to their outdated infrastructure.

The development of regulations and industry standards in the data center sector involves collaborative efforts, stakeholder engagement, and technology-agnostic approaches.

Deep dives

The Need for Sustainable Data Centers

The podcast episode delves into the importance of sustainability in data centers, highlighting the need for energy-efficient and environmentally friendly practices. The guest emphasizes the role of sustainable consultancy in the data center sector, focusing on energy efficiency, compliance with standards like the EU code of conduct, and strategic advice for sustainability. The discussion underscores the opportunities for increasing sustainability in cable landing stations and the potential for adopting data center best practices in these facilities.

Introduction

2min

Sustainability in Cable Landing Stations

15min

Evolution of Data Center Standards and Brexit Implications

17min

Rethinking ICT Manufacturing for Sustainability and Recycling

2min

Concerns and Reflections on Data Center Growth and Sustainability

4min

Navigating the Digital World

4min

Challenges of Power Generation and Nuclear Energy in the UK

14min

Advancements in Nuclear Fusion and Sustainable Data Centers

3min

Sustainability needs to be applied at all levels of the data center industry, and we are not doing enough, says John Booth of Carbon3IT.

In this episode of Zero Downtime, we sit down with sustainability consultant John Booth to talk about how he got where he is in his career, and the fundamental sustainability issues that he is seeing in the data center industry.

We also talk about a past trip to Belarus that proved more exciting than expected. Tune in now for the latest episode.

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