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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.
Date:
21 November 2025, 17:00
Venue:
Margaret Thatcher Centre
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organising department:
School of Geography and the Environment
Organisers:
Professor Jesus Lizana (Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford),
Nethmi J Kariyawasam (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
zero@eng.ox.ac.uk
Hosts:
Professor Jesus Lizana (Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford),
Radhika Khosla (Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development / Centre for Policy Research, Delhi)
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://zero.ox.ac.uk/events/the-future-of-data-centres/
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Anna Dominey
