Data Center 2.0 - The New Sustainability Math
From The Five Nine by The Five Nine
May 8, 2026 · 21 min · Season 7 · Episode 26
About this episode
This episode explores the evolving definition of sustainability in the context of increasing AI demand and data center projects.
What does “sustainable” even mean when AI demand – and data center projects – are accelerating? In this episode, we unpack what sustainability means in the AI era, where power and water factor in and how data center sustainability is increasingly about more than just how electricity is being generated. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Topics covered
- sustainability
- data centers
- AI demand
- energy consumption
- water usage
Keywords
- sustainability
- AI
- data center
- energy
- water
- electricity generation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: AI, data center, sustainability
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