Iain MacDougall
Head of Sustainability Solutions & Climate Change
When
20-21 November 2025
Where
London & Oxford, UK
This week, RED’s Sustainability and R&D leaders will bring their expertise to two events addressing how Data Centres must evolve to meet rising digital demand and tightening environmental expectations. As AI accelerates and regulatory frameworks mature, our team will contribute technical and strategic perspectives drawn from RED’s work across global Data Centre projects.
Across both sessions, they will apply experience in certification, performance analysis and low-carbon technologies to support conversations on how the sector can progress towards more efficient, resilient and climate-aligned infrastructure.
Data centres in a net zero future
Date: 20 November 2025
Time: 12:40 – 13:30
Location: CIBSE Influence Theatre
At elementalLONDON, Iain MacDougall and Dr Mohammad Royapoor will join the CIBSE Data Centres Group session Datacentres in a Net Zero Future, focusing on how operators can respond to increasing energy pressures and evolving sustainability expectations.
Drawing on RED’s global engineering and research work, Iain and Mohammad will discuss how design decisions, standards, technology choices and early-stage strategy influence long-term performance. Their contribution will highlight practical ways to strengthen efficiency, improve compliance and build operational resilience across new and existing Data Centre assets.
Iain applies deep experience in sustainability strategy and certification, while Mohammad draws on over 18 years in low-carbon systems and advanced modelling - offering clear, practical insight for operators progressing toward net-zero Data Centre design.
The Future of Data Centres
Date: 21 November 2025
Time: 17:00
Location: Somerville College, University of Oxford
RED’s Head of Sustainability Solutions, Iain MacDougall, will join the panel The Future of Data Centres at the ZERO Institute’s policy event at the University of Oxford, alongside ASHRAE. The session brings together academic, engineering and policy perspectives to consider the broader environmental and regulatory landscape shaping Data Centre development.
The discussion will explore how standards, incentives and innovation can support sustainable digital infrastructure, and how the sector can manage pressures on land, water and electricity networks. Iain will contribute insight from RED’s sustainability practice and standards work, helping connect policy ambition with the realities of delivering efficient, compliant and future-ready Data Centres, and identifying opportunities for deeper alignment between industry and research.
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Speakers
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Meet the RED leaders contributing their expertise at these events, bringing perspectives from sustainability, R&D and global Data Centre project delivery.
Mohammad Royapoor
Head of R&D
Meet the RED leaders contributing their expertise at these events, bringing perspectives from sustainability, R&D and global Data Centre project delivery.
Iain MacDougall
Head of Sustainability Solutions & Climate Change
Mohammad Royapoor
Head of R&D
