Best of LinkedIn: Sustainability & Green ICT CW 40/ 41

This two-week pulse from LinkedIn highlights a decisive shift toward practical efficiency in AI, data centers, and enterprise IT. The stream centers on energy-aware AI, power- and cooling-optimized infrastructure, and governance practices like GreenOps and sustainable software engineering that translate directly into lower emissions and cost.

Date

October 1, 2025

Sustainability & Green ICT

Thomas Allgeyer

Methodology: Every two weeks we collect most relevant posts on LinkedIn for selected topics and create an overall summary only based on these posts. If you´re interested in the single posts behind, you can find them here: https://linktr.ee/thomasallgeyer. Have a great read!

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AI Sustainability & Efficiency

Rising urgency to make AI energy efficient, tying model choices to power and water impacts
Sustainable AI framed as inseparable from transparency on real costs and trade-offs
Hyperscalers position greener AI data centers as levers for decarbonization and innovation
Analysts caution on an AI bubble if adoption decouples from efficiency outcomes
Sovereignty narratives highlight greener regional AI infrastructure as a competitiveness factor

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Data Center & Infrastructure Efficiency

800 VDC and advanced power technologies promoted to lift efficiency in AI facilities
Liquid and immersion cooling highlighted as primary levers, with scalable deployments cited
Nordic operators emphasize growth around location advantages and sustainability performance
A 100 MW Finland campus underscores scale ambitions anchored in sustainable design
Water usage scrutiny intensifies, reinforcing locality and resource planning for hyperscale builds

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Cloud, FinOps, GreenOps & IT Governance

Efficient SQL and workload tuning in enterprise stacks cut emissions and operating costs
Hidden infrastructure costs of AI drive FinOps and GreenOps into daily decision frameworks
Training programs embed Green IT literacy to translate sustainability into cost discipline
Conference insights elevate licensing clarity, tooling choices, and governance as efficiency multipliers
Circular procurement emerges through remanufactured racks that lower waste and ownership costs

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Software Engineering & Green Software

Prompt design and engineering practice presented as immediate levers for energy and quality
Green software positioned as a strategic advantage compounding efficiency and resilience
Green PLM connects sustainable product development with IT and software life-cycle impacts
Talks and resources focus on embedding sustainability into developer workflows for actionability
Developer platforms spotlight transitions to 100 percent renewable energy as participation models

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Partnerships & Ecosystem Moves

ABB and NVIDIA collaborate on energy-efficient, AI-ready data centers with power optimization focus
ABB and Kevlinx align on scalable, energy-efficient AI data center development and deployment
Supermicro partners with Bentaus Energy to reimagine sustainable power and facility strategies for AI growth
Multi-region collaborations target integrated approaches across compute, infrastructure, and software intelligence

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Policy, Standards & Reporting

W3C issues a draft of the Web Sustainability Guidelines, guiding greener digital services and practices

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Events & Leadership

Green IO emphasizes sustainable tech that drives both business performance and planetary outcomes
Dreamforce sessions convene leaders to debate practical pathways for a sustainable AI future
Dialogues in Reykjavik and at NCDD spotlight water-energy nexus, biodiversity metrics, and energy management systems
SAMSEurope reflections connect SAP licensing, FinOps, GreenOps, AI adoption, and tooling into governance playbooks

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Renewable Energy & Grid

Developer ecosystems showcase transitions to fully renewable power as a practical template for contributors

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Operators And CIOs

Treat AI efficiency as a first-class objective across model selection, prompts, and power profiles
Tighten governance with GreenOps and FinOps so efficiency metrics steer licensing and workload placement
Prioritize power and cooling innovation, including higher voltage distribution and liquid cooling, to future-proof capacity
Use circular hardware and sustainable procurement to compress costs and embodied emissions
Align digital product teams to emerging web sustainability guidance to standardize low-impact design choices

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