June 11, 2025 - Intro to Data Center EHS

In our increasingly high tech world, data centers are a growing critical part of our infrastructure. The demand for data centers is high and is growing. limited only by the access to resources (e.g., land, power, workforce). At some level data centers are quite simple – big warehouses designed to cool themselves down and stay powered full of computer servers. But the unique combination of demand, organizations involved, and connection to other aspects of our global economy create novel challenges for EHS professionals. This presentation will introduce the data center industry and what a data center is. We will review what environmental, health, and safety risks data centers present and how we are working to deal with those risks in this growing industry.