We’re proud to celebrate becoming a carbon-neutral company across Scopes 1, 2, and 3 in 2025! At the same time, we believe it’s important to clarify what this claim means, why we think it’s worth making, and how we advise other companies to use it.

AI data center conversations often focus on energy. Megawatts, grid interconnection queues, PPAs, nuclear restarts, carbon intensity. When consumption is growing roughly 15% per year, more than four times faster than every other sector combined, energy remains the right conversation to be having. It is just not the only one. Stok has argued that sustainability is rapidly becoming a determinant on whether data centers get approved. This is about not only approval, but also extends the conversation to ask what happens after they are built.

Imagine you’re an owner that needs to electrify your existing buildings, whether due to building performance standards (BPS) or company targets. Yet even when electrification is shown to be financially feasible, it can stall in implementation. Why? Let’s answer three common questions from building owners and operators when moving from electrification feasibility to actual implementation.

Data center developers face a growing challenge: no one wants a data center in their backyard. Whether it’s concerns about noise pollution, the risk to local water resources, or that data centers produce a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions at a time when climate change impacts have become more visible and urgent, communities are increasingly pushing back on data center construction.

The next generation of green building certification is here. Released in April 2025, LEED v5 introduces powerful updates that shift

A stat in the recent Trellis State of the Sustainability Profession 2026 report caught our eye: half of companies surveyed are spending more time and money on sustainability reporting, yet 67% feel it’s had no clear effect on their sustainability efforts or is actively diverting resources from higher-impact work. This suggests that many companies’ sustainability data have yet to stretch beyond the silo of reporting to empower smarter business decisions through integration into capital planning cycles and investment strategy, which is where the real magic happens.

This year we’re diving deep into the business case for sustainability so you can invest wisely, clearly communicate impact, and bring others along on the journey.