Digital Climate Alliance (DCA) Executive Director Tom Lawler recently participated in the panel discussion, “Is it time to rethink the measurement of data center efficiency?” hosted by Data Center Dynamics. At the beginning of the discussion, Tom said, “The data center from yesterday is not the same as the data center for tomorrow. We have to change the way we think about, build, and utilize data centers. We can't live without data centers and the next big challenge is figuring out how we can get them to live with us.”

The rise of the internet and digitalization has driven an economywide, systems-level seismic shift, forever altering social relationships, global connectivity, communications and governance. Data centers are the foundation of this digital transformation.