Speaker
John Booth
Agenda
18:00 Networking and light refreshments (for in-person)
18:20 Online session opens
18:30 Talk starts
19:30 Q&A
20:00 Close
Synopsis
AI is all the rage at the moment, and the government has recently issued its AI Opportunities Plan, is considering changes to planning and has designated Data Centres as Critical National Infrastructure.
How achievable are the government's and the data centre sector's plans, are they a stairway to heaven or a highway to hell?,
Join us for an independent assessment.
About the speaker
John Booth is a well-known figure in EU data centre circles,
primarily for his role as reviewer for the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres (Energy Efficiency) programme and his work with the Certified Energy Efficiency Data Centre Award (CEEDA) & Data Centre Alliance Certification.
He is the Vice Chair of the BCS, Chartered Institute for IT, Green IT specialist group.
He is the chair and member of several groups concerned with sustainable practices in data centres, digital infrastructure and energy efficiency.
He runs his own Green IT consultancy, Carbon3IT Ltd, providing support to organisations that are preparing to adopt various data centre standards including the more general standards such as Quality, Environment, Business Continuity, Information Security, and Energy Management.
They also provide specialist niche consultancy in the field of Green IT including Data Centre Energy Efficiency & Sustainability.
John was recently received the Data Centre Solutions Magazine “Outstanding contribution to efficiency and sustainability” award for 2023.
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