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instrumental in the company ’ s ability to not only reduce its carbon , but to deliver new units in response to the increasing demand for data centre capacity .
“ 95 % of our facilities are totally recyclable at end of life , which is rather more than if we had a traditional concrete style building ,” Squire says , before explaining how the
“ WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE AT HIGHER TEMPERATURES ,
WHICH MANY PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO ALLOW US TO DO ”
PIP SQUIRE HEAD OF ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY ,
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organisation achieves this , and the supply chain itself is a critical area to be measured .
“ It ' s the question of , how do you define the boundaries of where the limit of your steel CO2 emissions are ? If it ' s UK based , as the bulk of Ark steel is , we know associated emissions . If the steel comes from China , it ' s a different number , all of that sort of stuff , but there are standard methods and we ' re working through that , particularly on the new builds .”
Seeing sustainability from both angles Sustainability may be on the lips of major organisations and governing bodies across the board , but in the words of Pip Squire : “ You ' re beginning to see it in the major corporates coming through now .”
“ I ' m pleased to say our investors fully support our sustainability ambitions . So we ' ve now got ourselves into a position
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