Data centres locally and globally are increasingly challenged to reduce their environmental impacts and, post-2020, digital infrastructure is acknowledged as playing a critical role in shaping a sustainable/net zero future.

This panel will look at how the industry in Australia will develop to meet national challenges as well as considering related questions as to how the challenges to developing sustainable practices and the solutions for doing so will change. How can the data centre industry in Australia prepare for multiple impact factors - from technology, legislation, investor and stakeholder expectation? Of the scenarios that lie ahead, which are most likely, and which will have greatest impact?