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Jochen Groß

Jochen Groß

Head of Sustainability Data Strategy and Architecture at Siemens AG, leading data-driven sustainability transformation with AI and advanced analytics.

Aug 13, 2026

29:02
So how do we square that with our net zero goals? Is this a contradiction or is there actually something there to resolve? It's a bit of a tough thing, right? Yeah.
29:13
It is, yeah, because no doubt AI infrastructure has a growing environmental footprint and that will continue.
29:23
And the growth of the environmental footprint of data and AI centers is huge.
29:32
And they are growing faster than every other sector.
29:35
Just to put it into perspective, we also need to be clear that there are other sectors who have a by far larger footprint.
29:43
And that's also then where we're coming to the, is it a contradiction that we can resolve? Looking into industry or in the whole transportation sector, the footprint of that sector is X-fold high as data centers, even with the projections then in 2030 or so.
30:03
And of course, the second aspect, because you also said it rightfully so, we cannot only focus on energy consumption.
34:04
So what is the handprint? How does it compare to the footprint? And why does it matter?

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