Episode 3: Paving the way to a sustainable digital future, with NEXTDC

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As more and more services are being offered digitally and more and more devices become connected, the carbon footprint of data centres, which host digital infrastructure, is growing rapidly.

In this episode, we are speaking with Craig Scroggie, the CEO and Managing Director of NEXTDC, a leading data centre provider in Australia. As well as operating energy-efficient 5-star NABERS rated data centres, NEXTDC now offers an industry-leading carbon neutral service to their customers.

About Craig Scroggie
Craig is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of NEXTDC, Australia’s leading data centre as a service company and one of Australia’s fastest-growing technology organisations. Craig has more than 25 years experience in the ICT industry, having held senior positions with Symantec, Veritas Software, Computer Associates, EMC Corporation and Fujitsu. Craig currently serves as Chairman of the La Trobe University Business School Advisory Board and holds the position of Adjunct Professor.

About NextDC Limited
NextDC is Australia’s leading data centre as a service company and one of Australia’s fastest-growing technology organisations. NEXTDC data centres and custom colocation solutions are engineered to grow in-line with the demands of a business and promote flexibility through solutions that scale, supported by the country’s most dynamic and highly skilled ecosystem of partners, carriers and cloud platforms.

As Australia’s most trusted data centre colocation services provider, they are the only data centre provider with a national network of premium data centres that are engineered and constructed to Uptime Institute Tier III, Tier IV and Gold certified standards for operational excellence. They deliver Data Centre as-a-Service (DCaaS) solutions to local and international organisations which champion industry-leading engineering, energy-efficiency, connectivity and security innovations that continue to lead the industry.

To find out more, have a read of our accompanying blog post here:

https://100percentrenewables.com.au/exploring-carbon-neutral-and-nextneutral-with-craig-scroggie-ceo-nextdc/

If you want to get in touch with NextDC, please visit the following:

• NextDC’s website - https://www.nextdc.com/
• NextDC’s email – https://www.nextdc.com/contact
• NextDC’s social media:
  • LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/nextdc/
  • Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/nextdatacentre
  • Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/datacentres

Meet the host
Barbara Albert is the Co-CEO of 100% Renewables. She is passionate about business and works to make organisations’ transition to net-zero emissions simpler and profitable. Barbara is the award-winning author of ‘Energy Unlimited – Four Steps to 100% Renewable Energy‘, one of the world’s most important books on renewable energy, as ranked by peers and experts in the industry.
About 100% Renewables
In 2015, we developed one of the first organisational plans to achieve 100% renewable energy. Since then, we have helped over 100 organisations develop their net zero plan and have grown the business to a national team of net zero specialists. We are known for developing strategies that are pragmatic, based on sound business cases, and have organisational buy-in.

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1. Episode 3: Paving the way to a sustainable digital future, with NEXTDC (00:00:00)

2. About NextDC (00:01:30)

3. How important is sustainability for data centres (00:02:12)

4. Data centres are power-hungry (00:02:12)

5. How NEXTDC achieved carbon neutrality (00:05:45)

6. Extending NEXTDC’s carbon neutrality to their customers (00:17:57)

7. How NEXTDC manages physical climate change risks (00:34:27)

8. Craig Scroggie’s three tips for other organisations moving to net-zero (00:38:34)