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With the current demand for new facilities, the data center industry is rethinking which metrics genuinely reflect environmental performance. PUE is increasingly seen as good housekeeping: useful, but no longer sufficient. The real challenge now lies in navigating North America’s fragmented regulatory landscape and developing reporting frameworks that can scale across diverse regions and portfolios. In this episode, we explore how operators are moving towards more meaningful and actionable sustainability metrics for 2026 and beyond. We will unpack:

• Understanding resource efficiency in 2026
• Strategies for educating the industry on new sustainability metrics
• Best practices for reporting and benchmarking across fragmented state and regional regulations