AI Data Center Sustainability: How Realistic is a Carbon-Neutral AI Data Center Industry? | Kisaco Research
Speaker(s): 
Panelists

Author:

Teresa Nick

Director of Natural Systems & Sustainability
Microsoft

Teresa Nick

Director of Natural Systems & Sustainability
Microsoft

Author:

Matt Pfile

CEO
Crane Data Centers

Matt Pfile is the founder and CEO of Crane Data Centers Inc., a data center developer and operator with a strong commitment to sustainability, customer centricity, and innovation. He has over 25 years of experience in telecom engineering, critical infrastructure acquisition, corporate banking, management consulting, and commercial negotiations. Prior to Crane, he spent 12+ years at Google leading over $5B of global infrastructure acquisitions and led the entry of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) into Australia and Japan, data center site selection strategy, third-party data center leasing, utility interconnections, and land acquisitions across the Americas and Asia. He received a degree in finance from Georgetown University and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.

Matt Pfile

CEO
Crane Data Centers

Matt Pfile is the founder and CEO of Crane Data Centers Inc., a data center developer and operator with a strong commitment to sustainability, customer centricity, and innovation. He has over 25 years of experience in telecom engineering, critical infrastructure acquisition, corporate banking, management consulting, and commercial negotiations. Prior to Crane, he spent 12+ years at Google leading over $5B of global infrastructure acquisitions and led the entry of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) into Australia and Japan, data center site selection strategy, third-party data center leasing, utility interconnections, and land acquisitions across the Americas and Asia. He received a degree in finance from Georgetown University and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.

Author:

Miranda Gardiner

Executive Director, Climate Accord
iMasons

Miranda Gardiner is the Executive Director of iMasons Climate Accord (ICA) -- a groundbreaking non-profit, focused on emissions reductions and sustainability in data centers. Under her visionary guidance, it has emerged as the premier, collaborative arena for digital infrastructure’s commitment to achieving ambitious climate goals by uniting the largest and most influential companies (such as Google, Meta, AWS, and Microsoft) in driving transformative initiatives.

Miranda has grown the ICA to a robust network of member companies with a combined market cap of over $8T, with 30+% of them represented on the various technical committees to ensure a “by the members, for the members” approach. Centered around Power, Equipment, and Materials, ICA has published a Maturity Model and case studies to address critical topics.

She has presented at Climate Week NYC and Datacloud Global Congress, and contributed to publications like PERE’s 2024 Data Centers Report.

In 2020, she received LEED Fellow status from USGBC, and in 2025, was recognized in Data Centre Magazine's inaugural “Top 100 Women in Data Centers”.

Miranda Gardiner

Executive Director, Climate Accord
iMasons

Miranda Gardiner is the Executive Director of iMasons Climate Accord (ICA) -- a groundbreaking non-profit, focused on emissions reductions and sustainability in data centers. Under her visionary guidance, it has emerged as the premier, collaborative arena for digital infrastructure’s commitment to achieving ambitious climate goals by uniting the largest and most influential companies (such as Google, Meta, AWS, and Microsoft) in driving transformative initiatives.

Miranda has grown the ICA to a robust network of member companies with a combined market cap of over $8T, with 30+% of them represented on the various technical committees to ensure a “by the members, for the members” approach. Centered around Power, Equipment, and Materials, ICA has published a Maturity Model and case studies to address critical topics.

She has presented at Climate Week NYC and Datacloud Global Congress, and contributed to publications like PERE’s 2024 Data Centers Report.

In 2020, she received LEED Fellow status from USGBC, and in 2025, was recognized in Data Centre Magazine's inaugural “Top 100 Women in Data Centers”.

Time: 
2:30 PM - 3:10 PM
Agenda Track No.: 
Track 4
Session Type: 
Panel
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