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Accelerating AI data centers

Powering AI, cloud and the digital world

Data centers are the quiet powerhouses keeping the AI revolution and digital world running. As businesses ramp up investment, the demand for smarter, scalable, and more resilient infrastructure is only growing. With Accenture’s Data Center Services, we help organizations design, build, and run next generation data centers that set the stage for growth, agility, and smooth operations.

DATA

$1.9 trillion

will be invested globally in hyperscale data center infrastructure by 2030

165%

expected growth in data center power demand by 2030

207K

metric tons CO₂e reduction targeted by 2030 through circular economy initiatives

How data centers are changing

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Generative AI is driving explosive demand

The pace of digital infrastructure growth is accelerating. Over 41GW of compute was added globally in the past year, with projections to double in two years and triple in five. Generative AI is fueling this surge, driving massive demand for compute and storage as hyperscalers invest billions to support evolving workloads.

Rising resource demands

As rack densities increase, data centers are consuming significantly more energy and water. This surge in demand is straining existing infrastructure and, in many cases, limiting access to renewable energy sources due to power availability constraints. The shift underscores the need for smarter infrastructure planning to optimize resource accessibility and meet long-term sustainability goals.

Infrastructure is shifting toward flexibility

To meet AI-driven scale and speed, companies are moving away from traditional construction approaches builds toward modular deployments and precision retrofits—enabling faster rollout, reduced disruption, and better alignment with evolving platform needs.

Sustainability is now a competitive lever

With AI workloads increasing energy use, companies are embedding circularity, emissions tracking, and decarbonization into every step of the data center lifecycle.

What you can do

Navigate permitting hurdles, stabilize supply chains, and mobilize skilled labor to deliver rack-ready capacity faster.

Accelerate time to market and meet demand with a modular strategy and design tailored to fast-evolving technologies.

Gain end-to-end visibility and compliance with AI-enabled control towers, PLM, BIM, and digital thread integration.

Manage upgrades and retrofits in live data centers to boost capacity, resilience, and efficiency, keeping pace with tech changes and client demands while minimizing downtime.

Embed circularity and emissions tracking, while tackling water and energy demands with smart, sustainable solutions.

Scale with confidence into emerging regions - overcome workforce gaps, immature supply chains, complex permitting, and community engagement challenges.

Our leaders

Neeraj D. Vadhan

Senior Managing Director – Data Center Services, Global

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Bryan Colopy

Senior Managing Director – Communications, Media & Technology (CMT), Americas

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James Hebblethwaite

Managing Director – Data Center Services, EMEA

Kevan Yalowitz

Senior Managing Director – Software & Platforms, Global Lead

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Scott Smyth

Managing Director – Industry X, Capital Projects

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