The agenda for Environment Analyst’s online conference ‘Managing the Environmental Impacts of Data Centres’ has just been launched.

Rapid growth in data centre capacity and electricity consumption is a global phenomenon, with investment in data centres expected to reach more than $1tn by 2029. But this growth comes with complex environmental and social challenges, in terms of the demand for land, energy, water, nature conservation and the impact on local communities.

This event on 11-13 May 2026 will bring together data centre developers and operators, policy makers, sustainability advisors, energy and water companies, regulators, infrastructure experts and more, to explore a cross-sector, holistic approach to developing and operating sustainable data centres that achieve a positive environmental and social impact.

Sessions include

Day One – Assessing environmental impacts and developing standardised approaches to decarbonisation goals:

• Outlining the current research into the environmental impacts and evaluating the need for a holistic approach to minimise these

• Effectively collecting the data needed for robust and transparent reporting on the environmental impacts of data centres

Day Two – Strategies for resource optimisation and efficiency:

• Future-proofing the grid to minimise energy usage and meet growing demand

• Achieving water stewardship in data centre development and operations

Day Three – Achieving positive environmental and community impacts through effective site selection:

• Reviewing the current planning and due diligence process for the location and development of data centres

• A sustainable approach to site selection to achieve long-term environmental and community benefits

• Achieving biodiversity net gain goals

• Site selection in relation to urban planning

Register for free.