Lionel Sujay Vailshery
Research expert covering cloud computing and emerging tech industries
Data center sustainability - statistics & facts
Data centers have become a focal point in the growing debate surrounding the environmental cost of the AI revolution. Once operating behind the scenes, the data center industry has entered mainstream discourse as awareness grows of its role as the digital infrastructure powering energy-intensive AI and cloud applications. Data centers are large facilities housing computer and networking equipment organized into racks, with modern variants engineered to maximize energy and resource efficiency. As AI adoption accelerates and models grow more complex, data center operators must scale rapidly while navigating calls to enhance sustainability.
