Alex Rakow co-leads the OCP Sustainability Project. He is the Sustainability Lead for the Cloud & Service Provider segment at Schneider Electric, where he works with data center operators to advance their sustainability and energy performance. He has 12 years of experience working on sustainability and energy management with both private and public clients, including the National Park Service and the Environmental Protection Agency. He is the author of two books: Energy Resilient Buildings and Communities from CRC Press, and Powering Through: Energy Resilience from Grid to Government from Routledge Press. He has a BS from Cornell University in Environmental Science, and an MA from Johns Hopkins University. Alex is a Certified Energy Manager, and is a Working Group Chair for the iMasons Climate Accord.
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Sneak peek: What to expect at the OCP conference with Schneider Electric’s Alex Rakow and Intel’s Eric Dahlen
Join host Allyson Klein in this insightful episode of Tech Arena, featuring Eric Dahlen from Intel and Alex Rakow from Schneider Electric. As co-chairs of the Compute Sustainability group within the Open Compute Project, Eric and Alex discuss their roles, the initiative's goals, and the impact of AI on data center sustainability. They delve into the challenges and innovations in power and cooling technologies, embodied carbon, and circularity practices. Get a sneak peek into what to expect at the upcoming OCP Summit and how industry leaders are pushing the boundaries of sustainable technology.
Sustainability Advancements from OCP in 2023 with Intel, Microsoft and Schneider Electric
TechArena host Allyson Klein talks to Intel’s Eric Dahlen, Microsoft’s Shruti Sethi and Schneider Electric’s Alex Rakow about the advancement of OCP’s sustainability initiative in 2023 across embodied carbon in silicon, circularity, and getting beyond PUE.