Energy efficient data centres

Data centres (DCs) remain the cornerstone of the digital economy, serving as the backbone of cloud computing, AI, and high-performance computing (HPC). Their unprecedented growth worldwide has underscored the urgency of managing energy consumption, sustainability, and environmental impact. As AI and large-scale computing workloads continue to expand, improving the energy efficiency and integration of data centres within the broader energy ecosystem has become more crucial than ever.

13^th International Workshop on Energy-Efficient Data Centres (E²DC 2025)

This workshop continues the E²DC series, focusing on innovative methods to enhance energy efficiency, sustainability, and resilience in modern DCs. Beyond optimizing individual facilities, E²DC takes a holistic approach, examining how DCs interact with smart cities, smart grids, and renewable energy networks. The workshop covers a wide range of topics, including renewable energy adoption, intelligent cooling and heat reuse strategies, dynamic workload orchestration, distributed architectures, and demand-side response solutions.

The recent surge in AI applications and HPC workloads has transformed the landscape, driving increased demand for specialised infrastructure, high-density computing, and advanced cooling technologies such as liquid cooling. This year’s workshop aims to analyse the evolution of data centre design in response to these trends, exploring strategies to manage power-intensive AI workloads while minimising environmental impact. Additionally, discussions are expected to focus on reducing carbon footprints and ensuring seamless integration with energy networks to support the transition to a more sustainable digital economy.

As energy costs soar and regulatory frameworks tighten, data centres must evolve into intelligent, adaptive, and sustainable entities. This workshop serves as a platform for researchers and industry experts to collaborate on forward-thinking solutions and help shape the future of energy-smart AI data centres in Europe and beyond.

Call for Papers

Original papers (up to 8 pages) are invited that present unpublished research and innovative solutions for energy-efficient and sustainable AI-driven data centres. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Next-generation data centre architectures that address the challenges of AI-driven workloads, distributed computing, edge integration, and smart infrastructure.
• Energy efficiency breakthroughs leveraging emerging hardware and software innovations, including advanced cooling and thermal management techniques.
• Maximising renewable energy utilisation through intelligent energy procurement, on-site generation, and integration with fluctuating renewable sources.
• Holistic sustainability approaches that extend beyond energy efficiency to circular economy practices, lifecycle assessments, and low-carbon strategies.
• Energy grid interaction and sector coupling, including demand-side response mechanisms, heat reuse strategies in district heating networks, and grid-aware data centre operations.
• Incentives and business models that drive the adoption of energy-efficient technologies, including green SLAs, carbon-reduction incentives, and industry-wide sustainability benchmarks.
• Scalable infrastructure solutions to accommodate the growing energy demands of AI while ensuring operational resilience and long-term sustainability.
• AI-driven optimisation techniques for predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, resource allocation, and workload management to reduce energy waste and improve efficiency.
• Disruptive innovations that rethink conventional data centre operations and pave the way for low-carbon digital infrastructure.

Submission and publication of the work

The workshop will be co-located with ACM e-Energy 2025 Please submit your manuscript via submission portal. Manuscripts will be published in the ACM proceedings and must adhere to ACM format (with 8 pages limit including references). Submission implies the willingness of at least one author to register and present the paper at E²DC. The organizers reserve the right to exclude a paper from publication if it is not presented. For more information please contact the organizers: Ariel Oleksiak (ariel at man.poznan.pl), Jon Summers (jon.summers at ri.se)

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Philip Burr,
(Lumai, UK)

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Stefan Nilsson,
(Conapto, SE)

E²DC WORKSHOP PROGRAM 2025

Contact

Ariel Oleksiak (ariel at man.poznan.pl)
Jon Summers (jon.summers at ri.se)