7 Top Data Center Sustainability Strategies for 20257 Top Data Center Sustainability Strategies for 2025

Data center energy demands are soaring. At the same time, many businesses face intense pressure – and, in some cases, regulatory requirements – to operate efficiently and sustainably.

Reconciling these two trends can be challenging because the more energy data centers use, the harder it becomes to minimize their carbon footprints.

This is why strategies for improving data center sustainability have become more important than ever – and are likely to remain so indefinitely as trends like AI continue to increase the amount of electricity data centers consume and, by extension, the amount of carbon they generate.

But what do those strategies entail, exactly? Keep reading for answers as we round up common techniques for improving data center sustainability.

1. Sourcing Renewable Energy

One obvious way for data centers to operate more sustainably is to source electricity from renewable sources, such as wind, solar, and geothermal.

A major challenge is that the availability of renewable energy sources can vary by time of day or season – which is why few data centers can realistically operate based on renewables alone. In addition, unless data center operators build their own power plants and infrastructure – which few beyond the major hyperscalers can afford to do – they usually need to rely on the generic grid, where the source of power can vary frequently, making it difficult to guarantee that a fixed percentage of energy comes from renewable sources.

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