From Data Centers to Cooling Policy.

About this event

Artificial intelligence(AI) is often presented as a digital innovation, but its rapid growth depends on data centers with substantial electricity, grid, cooling, and refrigerant needs. When these impacts are addressed separately, infrastructure costs and climate risks can be shifted to electricity consumers and host communities, while accountability for clean power and cooling remains unclear. This policy roundtable will bring together policymakers, industry representatives, and climate and energy experts to examine how AI data centers can be powered and cooled responsibly. The discussion will connect electricity demand and grid investment with credible clean power procurement, cooling efficiency, low-GWP refrigerants, and refrigerant management across the full lifecycle.

Organizers: Solutions for Our Climate（SFOC）
Invited speaker profiles: CSOs from Article 5 countries working on HFC reduction, cooling policy, climate accountability, or digital infrastructure Experts on refrigerants, natural refrigerants, cooling efficiency, and lifecycle refrigerant management Government or parliamentary representatives on climate, industry, environment, or digital infrastructure regulation International organizations working on the Kigali Amendment, sustainable cooling, non-CO2 emissions, or Article 5 country support Data center, cloud, cooling technology, or cold-chain companies with refrigerant and cooling responsibilities
Countries & territories represented: Not listed in the current programme

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