From grey boxes to green spaces: designing data centres that give back

From grey boxes to green spaces: designing data centres that give back

David Davies, Data Centre Specialist at Arup, explains how reimagining server campuses as living landscapes can swap grey walls for wetlands and wildflower roofs. As the physical footprint of digital infrastructure expands at pace to meet growing global demand for AI, so too does scrutiny of its impact on the natural environment. Data centres are increasingly being recognised as a source of land-use pressure and ecological disruption, and the in…