Leading the way in environmental responsibility and workforce diversity
The data centre industry continues to grow and evolve at lightning speeds, but this is not at the expense of ethical practices - which remain at the forefront of the sector’s priorities.
We all strive for the world to be a better place - the optimist in me likes to think so, anyway - and the data centre field is no different.
This month’s issue highlights just that; how the industry endeavours to make itself future-proof both for its benefit and for that of the planet.
With companies like VIRTUS Data Centres using 100% renewable electricity and committing to being net zero by 2030, and atNorth having stringent sustainability policies, data centre practices don’t have to be a detriment to the environment.
And when it comes to the workforce the attitude remains the same when it comes to efforts to diversify personnel. In 2021 more than three-quarters of data centre operators surveyed by the Uptime Institute said less than 10% of their staff members were women - and plenty are working for that to change.
We will be exploring this further at our Cloud & 5G LIVE Event in October: https://mobile-magazine.com/cloud_5g-live-mediadeck-2023.pdf
Read the full edition here: https://datacentremagazine.com/magazine/data-centre-magazine-august-2023