The rapid growth of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital infrastructure is fueling one of the largest construction booms in decades. As data centers expand, developers, designers, contractors, and technology companies are confronting a broader sustainability challenge: how do we deliver critical digital infrastructure while responsibly managing the interconnected demands of water, energy, and carbon?

This panel brings together leaders from technology, engineering and design, and construction to explore how the industry is approaching data center sustainability through a more holistic lens. From energy demand and grid resilience to water consumption, resource efficiency, materials, and construction practices, panelists will examine the connections and tradeoffs that increasingly shape data center development.

Panelists will share emerging strategies, lessons learned from recent projects, and perspectives on how policy, innovation, and market forces can drive more resilient and resource-efficient infrastructure. Attendees will gain practical insight into one of the fastest-growing building sectors—and the opportunity to rethink sustainability from the ground up.
 

And this conversation is just the beginning. The summit will also preview an upcoming architectural design competition focused on reimagining data center sustainability, challenging designers to explore what the next generation of high-performance digital infrastructure could look like when water, energy, carbon, resilience, and community considerations are designed together.