Engineering Sustainability Office

Recently formed Engineering Alliances to introduce validated solutions across four breakthrough customer-ready use cases at Cisco Live EMEA We are witnessing an unprecedented transformation in technology that’s reshaping how we think about innovation, sustainability, and collaboration. Over the past three years, my conversations with C-suite leaders worldwide have revealed a consistent theme: the technology ecosystems that have been built over the last few decades are experiencing massive disruption. The scale of this transformation is striking….

The numbers tell a stark story. By 2026, data centers and Artificial Intelligence (AI) computing could more than double today’s electricity consumption – reaching a staggering 1,000+ TWh according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). That’s roughly equivalent to the entire electricity consumption of Japan. It’s not just data centers – a staggering 37% of global GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions are generated by buildings and the construction sector. That’s why power and cooling are surging…