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NetApp Insight , Climate Week New York 2024 this AI future , will be critical to bringing down that energy demand curve . I also think we ’ re going to see some interesting partnerships in the energy space to bridge the need for radical innovation in the energy sector . Looking ahead , I imagine a future where you can ’ t have an AI strategy without an energy strategy .
The second thing I see on the radar in the next two years is a reframing of circularity . For a company like NetApp that has both hardware and software , the shifts that are happening in the regulatory environment are going to change how we think about circularity . But I also think the changing macro environment , coupled with supply chain resilience , will spur a fresh perspective on the economics of circularity .
The final thing is that being a Chief Sustainability Officer in the IT space , I often have had interesting conversations with my peers about who ’ s the champion for sustainability in an organisation . Often IT folks or the CIO are the last to be mentioned . In my view , the CIO is going to become the C-suite champion for sustainability . IT folks are really the unsung heroes of sustainability and they have a huge role to play . A close partnership between IT and Chief Sustainability Officers is a winning ticket to have impact now . sustainabilitymag . com 141