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Data Center Tension Between Power Demands and Sustainability Goals

In Europe, environmental standards 'are not a hope, not a wish, not a best effort—it's a regulatory mandate.'

Drew Clark

Mar 24, 2025 — 2 min read

Photo of session at Metro Connect on data centers and sustainability on Feb. 25

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 24, 2025 — Industry leaders acknowledged a growing challenge in balancing surging power demands with environmental sustainability goals during a panel discussion at the MetroConnect conference here on Feb. 25.

"The best we can do is to continue to do the best we can," said Buddy Rizer, executive director of economic development for Loudoun County, Virginia, home to the world's largest concentration of data centers. "We have to continue to do that, but it's really important to be honest and transparent."

The panel, moderated by Danielle Burt of the law firm Morgan Lewis, highlighted the industry's struggles to meet exploding computing demands, particularly with the rise of artificial intelligence, while attempting to maintain environmental commitments.

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