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Over 25 Million Square Feet of Data Centers Certified or In Progress
GBI’s trusted, third-party sustainable building certifications help AI, cloud, and edge data centers prioritize efficiency and resilience.
Data centers are at the heart of our digital lives. Always-on operations and growing energy demand can have a significant environmental impact if not designed, constructed, and operated with sustainability in mind.
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Dallas, TX | 2026
GBI’s third annual Better Buildings Seminar: Data Centers will bring together data center designers, owners, and operators to share innovative strategies to improve the sustainability and resilience of data centers during a time of unprecedented demand.
Attendees will hear from industry leaders who are optimizing energy and water efficiency and implementing creative solutions for decarbonization.
Green Globes: A Flexible, Comprehensive Certification for Sustainable Building Design & Operation
Designed for any stage of the data center life cycle
Support & Flexibility
Compliance pathways and non applicable criteria, designed to evaluate relevant and impactful design and operational strategies.
Accountability
Demonstrate to stakeholders and community a commitment to sustainability through third-party assessment.
Speed To Market
Certification delivered within weeks of final assessment, matching your pace.
Compliance & Incentives
Eligible for tax incentives/abatements and meets state and local requirements for digital infrastructure.
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Why Green Globes
for Data Centers?
Measurement and reporting are critical components of any ESG initiative. Investors, leadership, customers, and the local community are demanding impact transparency in all sectors, particularly for energy-intensive industries like technology.
As inherently complex and intricate facilities, data centers require a personalized sustainability certification that can keep pace with evolving technologies, shifting operational requirements, and stakeholder demands.
The Green Building Initiative (GBI), the global provider of Green Globes, is dedicated to improving the impact of the built environment on climate and society.
Green Globes is a federally recognized three-in-one certification system and is the premier choice for data centers due to its unparalleled support, collaboration, and flexibility features. The process helps owners, operators, and lesees of new or existing mission-critical facilities achieve the most sustainable, healthy, and resilient outcomes, creating a more efficient and valuable asset. Green Globes certification ensures building owners and operators are executing on their commitments to design and/or operational excellence and community impact while demonstrating accountability to stakeholders.
Aligned’s ORD-01 Becomes First Illinois Data Center to Earn Green Globes® for New Construction Certification
“Pursuing green building certification was a natural next step for Aligned. We’re proud to lead the industry in power usage effectiveness (PUE) and ESG measurement and reporting, and Green Globes has helped us earn additional recognition for our efforts. Our team appreciates that Green Globes Assessors walk the job site as part of the process. Having another set of eyes making sure we’re building what we say we’re going to build is key.”
– Michael Welch, Vice President of Design and Procurement, Aligned Data Centers
Three Green Globes Certified | New Construction
Why Prioritize Sustainability in Data Centers?
In 2022, the International Energy Agency reported that data centers consume nearly 1% of global electricity and contribute to 0.3% of CO2 emissions—and this market is rapidly growing, particularly with the advancement AI. However, the industry continues to work towards sustainability with new technologies and best practices. This includes the use of more sustainable building materials and construction, exploring alternative energy sources, and embracing innovative cooling solutions. In the wake of AI, sustainability is becoming more crucial for data centers for several reasons:
Future-proofing: Investing in sustainability ensures the long-term viability and resilience of data centers amidst evolving environmental challenges and regulations.
Energy consumption: AI applications require vast amounts of computational power, leading to increased energy consumption. Sustainable practices help reduce the carbon footprint of data centers, mitigating environmental impact.
Cost efficiency: Implementing sustainable technologies such as renewable energy sources and energy-efficient cooling systems can lower operational costs for data centers in the long run.
Reputation and customer demand: Businesses and consumers are becoming more environmentally conscious and investors are taking notice. Choosing sustainable data centers aligns with their values and can enhance a company’s reputation.
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Sustainability certification tailored to the unique demands of mission critical digital infrastructure at scale.
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Better Buildings: Data Centers
May 2026
Dallas, TX