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AI is racing ahead, and the power bill is coming due. We sit down with Forrester Senior Analyst Abhijit Sunil to unpack how energy, climate risk, and circularity now shape every serious IT roadmap—from where to place AI workloads to how to buy, refresh, and retire hardware without blowing the grid or the budget.
We trace key signals from New York Climate Week: services firms positioning tech as a decarbonization catalyst, sustainability platforms moving beyond compliance into operational decision‑making, and climate risk analytics becoming essential for business continuity. Abhijit breaks down why fragmented regulations—CSRD changes in Europe, climate disclosures in California, and emerging rules across APAC—demand better data governance, auditability, and a clear strategy for supplier requests. We dig into the practical: mapping physical and transition risks across IT estates, modeling energy resilience and long‑term capacity, and using renewable energy deals and time‑bound incentives to stabilize costs.
The heart of the conversation is a tough trade‑off many teams face today: upgrade to more efficient systems or extend existing assets to avoid embodied carbon. We offer a simple way to decide—total carbon of ownership—balancing embodied emissions, operational efficiency, grid mix, utilization, and end‑of‑life outcomes. Expect actionable insights on liquid cooling and PUE, AI workload placement across cloud and hybrid, product carbon footprint methods, and how take‑back programs can turn waste into value. We also spotlight the human side: cross‑training architects in lifecycle assessment, giving sustainability leaders fluency in cloud and chips, and making climate risk a standard gate in architecture decisions.
If you’re steering AI adoption, optimizing data centers, or preparing for sustainability audits, you’ll leave with a sharper plan and the language to win support across finance, facilities, and procurement.
Revisit our previous episode with Abhijit (from Season 1) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2112772/episodes/13787229-open-comments-episode-14-unleashing-the-power-of-it-sustainability-a-dialogue-with-abhijit-sunil
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Chapters
1. Welcome And Role Of A Senior Analyst (00:00:00)
2. What Forrester Tracks In IT Sustainability (00:00:32)
3. New York Climate Week: Who Showed Up And Why (00:01:41)
4. Services And Software: Decarbonizing IT With AI (00:03:07)
5. Compliance Tools Becoming Business Drivers (00:04:08)
6. Climate Risk Analytics And Real-World Losses (00:05:28)
7. Wish List For Next Year’s Focus Areas (00:07:20)
8. Elevating Climate Risk Across Every Function (00:08:41)
9. Lifecycle Assessment And Product Footprints (00:10:35)
10. AI’s Impact On Reporting And Assurance (00:11:40)
11. Energy Transition And Time-Bound Incentives (00:12:49)
12. Is Sustainability Now A Core IT Constraint? (00:14:21)
13. Fragmented Regulations: CSRD, California, And Beyond (00:16:20)
14. Three Priorities For IT Leaders (00:18:31)
15. AI As The New Energy Hotspot (00:20:33)
16. Circularity As Competitive Advantage (00:22:23)
17. Upgrade Or Extend: Embodied Vs Operational Carbon (00:24:04)
18. Designing For Take-Back And Reuse (00:26:07)
19. Cooling, PUE, And End-Of-Life Partnerships (00:27:48)
20. Lifelong Learning For IT And Sustainability (00:29:18)
21. Closing Thanks And Community Sign-Off (00:32:01)
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