The Future of Data Centres


Tea and coffee from 4.30pm, networking drinks & nibbles from 6.30pm

This year’s winning team from the ASHRAE Net-Zero Data Centre Competition includes 3 Oxford DPhil students: Nethmi Jayaratne Kariyawasam (SoGE), Cuicheng Zhang (Engineering) and Gayatri Sundar Rajan (Engineering).

On 21st November they will present their award-winning design alongside team members from Exeter, Loughborough and London Southbank universities, in a multidisciplinary exploration of The Future of Data Centres.

They will be joined by Iain MacDougall, Head of Sustainability at RED Engineering, and Jesus Lizana, Associate Professor of Engineering Science, for a stimulating discussion on the climate and policy implications of these important emerging technologies.

A joint initiative of the ZERO Institute Policy Programme, the ZERO Institute Early Career Researcher (ECR) Network, and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development – all welcome.