AI touches every corner of our lives—from streaming your favorite show, to suggesting that funny meme, to protecting your home via your security system. Despite all these benefits, AI has one big problem: heat.

The explosive rise of AI has pushed U.S. data center electricity use from less than 2% of the grid in 2018 to projections as high as 12% by 2028. And with electricity consumption comes heat; cooling usually accounts for more than 10% of that load.

In April 2025, Stok received confirmation from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) that our targets were approved under the SBTi’s Small and Medium Enterprises Criteria (v1.0). With this validation, SBTi confirms that Stok’s targets are aligned with the ambition to limit global temperature rise to 1.5° Celsius, guiding our decarbonization efforts toward data-driven impact.

We’re proud to launch the Indigenized Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Guidebook, co-developed by Dennis Thomas-Whonoak (Kwasen Enterprises), Stephani Carter (Stok),

With LEED v5 officially launched, Stok is reflecting on the transformative journey of LEED—and our own. Through our 17 years in practice, we’ve partnered with mission-aligned clients to certify millions of square feet of high-performance space across sectors. With every version of LEED, the bar has been raised. Now, LEED v5 represents a significant step in the evolution of green building leadership.

I’m a data engineer at Stok, working with our building performance management experts. What’s a data engineer doing at a