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Christiana Weisshuhn Senior Director of ESG Program and Strategy and Chief of Staff

Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers is the leading LATAM platform for sustainable data centres in the Hyperscale market with a non-negotiable commitment to sustainability. Joining Scala shortly after its foundation, Christiana Weisshuhn – alongside Scala founder Marcos Piego – helps shine a light by representing the market’s leading sustainability standards, using 100% renewable sourcing since the first day of power. Weisshuhn, as Chief of Staff and Senior Director of ESG Program and Strategy, champions Scala’s deep-rooted passion for sustainable development – a trailblazing approach in Latin America.

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A top voice in sustainability, Google’s Chief Sustainability Officer Kate Brandt has been working in Google’s sustainability team for eight years. Brandt leads sustainability across Google’s worldwide operations –including partnering with Google’s data centres – to ensure the company is taking the most effective sustainable approach possible.

As well as an esteemed career in government service, Brandt is the recipient of the highest award the US Navy can award a civilian, the Distinguished Public Service Award, for her work in helping the service go green.

Binkley has worked with Digital Realty in sustainability roles for more than eight years. An experienced sustainability professional and expert, Binkley is armed with knowledge on energy conservation, renewable energy, sustainable construction and corporate responsibility reporting.

Digital Realty’s ESG practices are a key part of how the business continues to grow, with a focus on engaging with employees and supporting customers while minimising its impact on the environment.

With more than 25 years at Iron Mountain, Chris Pennington has been a driving force in helping the company develop their industry leading energy program. Iron Mountain’s Green Power Pass Solution is a first-of-its-kind offering in the data centre industry used by Iron Mountain to secure 100% renewable energy for its facilities since 2017. Pennington pushes Iron Mountain beyond conventional approaches to renewable power –which he said is the path needed to decarbonise energy use.

Pip Squire Head of Energy and Sustainability Ark Data Centres

With more than 40 years of experience in infrastructure construction – 17 of these in civil engineering – Pip Squire has an immense insight into the industry and recognises that emissions reduction is a long-standing project for data centres.

Squire has worked at Ark Data Centres for 15 years, two of which as Head of Energy and Sustainability. Before joining Ark, Squire worked in construction with a focus on power. His background in renewable energy ultimately informs his sustainability work today, as all Ark data centres and campuses are built with these core values. His work has included successful planning, designing and constructing over 100MW(IT) or Tier III data halls across 12 data centres at three different campuses.

A core of Squire’s work is spreading the sustainability message, being an outward-facing advocate for sustainable data centre operations and how digital solutions can be made more efficient while providing a service that requires constant attention and energy supply.

Susanna Kass

Cloud Sustainability Executive InfraPrime

Sustainability advocate

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Kass is the Co-Founder of InfraPrime, Energy Fellow at Stanford University and acting as a Data Centre Advisor for the UN SDG Action Campaign Programme. A true trailblazer and leader, through her work with InfraPrime, she has aided countless organisations to achieve their carbon neutrality goals by 2028-30 through decarbonisation services and implementation of the InfraPrime Net Zero PowerShell circular energy cloud sustainability solution.

Kass boasts more than three decades of industry experience – an accolade few in the sector can say of themselves – and her credentials, knowledge and credibility precede her.

Kass is truly at the top of the data centre industry’s sustainability game. Not only passionate on the topic, she is a great advocate and campaigns for industry leaders to work together toward the common – and increasingly important – goal of climate positive results. She leads the path to net zero.