Low carbon and renewable energy for African digital infra: How realistic are options from a supply chain, TCO, scalability and market readiness perspective?

All digital infrastructure owners are under pressure to go green from their customers, investors and own internal targets, but how feasible are different options and to what extent will the market move that way?

• To what extent can diesel generators be phased out and what might hold this back?
• What is the role for natural gas and low carbon fuels?
• What are African markets views on nuclear and could SMRs present a real opportunity for data centres?
• How are hydrogen supply chains shaping up, what does TCO look like, and what role do you foresee fuel cells playing?
•  Is lithium ion the only way to go for storage, or do alternative chemistries hold real promise?
• Where are the crunch points in local supply chains and how are these being addressed?
• How do reliability, serviceability, TCO and sustainability compete in decision making processes?