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The role of owner’s representative is well-known in the construction industry, and is one that has maintained a presence in very technically specific projects. One reason is that many owners, those executives or managers tasked by the company to manage a construction project, do not always have the bandwidth needed to oversee the implementation of… Read More

Part I of this two-part blog series discussed what opportunities lie ahead for data centers to execute greener operations and five main areas that are most often missed including: While these opportunities were identified as being the most missed solutions, we drill down into the why of how data centers miss these low-hanging fruits — efficiency solutions that… Read More

Data — it’s the steady heartbeat that makes the world go-’round, and data centers? They’re the valves, the paths, pumping the data to and from the heart. And the usage of data is only increasing, but not without impacts on energy use and the direct increase of CO2 emissions because of it. Sustainability for data… Read More

Introduction Global data center electricity consumption, as previously reported by the International Energy Agency, was approximately 200 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2020, or close to 1% of global electricity demand. At Ascent, we understand and work directly with data center owners and operators who may or may not be directly aware of their CO2 emissions and help identify opportunities… Read More