Connect | New York // Major Panel: Efficiency is the new sustainability

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Speakers

Heather McGeory

VP - Sustainability, CoreWeave

Marcus Hassen

Vice President - Mission Critical Operations Group Manager, Truist

Greg Martin

Director, Data Center Development, DTE Energy

Sean Farney

Vice President, Data Center Strategy- Americas, JLL

Matt Welch

Head of Conference Production, Data Center Nation

The greenest data center isn’t necessarily the one with the lowest emissions, but the one that gets the most compute from every watt, and the longest lifetime from any component. Sustainability is shifting towards smarter and more efficient practices across energy management, water usage, grid, onsite resources and beyond. Operators are rethinking how power, cooling, and compute interact. This panel addresses how efficiency is reshaping sustainability strategies, and where innovation matters most in the next phase of data center design.

  • Which technologies are offering the greatest efficiency gains?
  • How operators are reducing carbon emissions and water use
  • Are KPIs metrics aligned with efficiency strategies?
  • How resource and cost efficiency go hand-in-hand