Panel: Water resilience through digital innovation

Cloud infrastructure and data centres serve a dual purpose-as responsible water users and as key enablers of water innovation. Microsoft and Google have pledged to become “water positive” by 2030 through water offsetting, as well as finding ways to use water more efficiently. This session will address the EU Water Resilience Strategy considering the drafting of minimum standards for data centre water efficiency, the global outlook for data centre expansion in regions with water scarcity and how to invest in innovative reuse systems, closed-loop cooling processes, and community-focused water projects.  

• Zero water consumption data centres  

• Cooling innovations for AI 

• How are high water scarcity areas affecting site selection?