Sustainable IT Services News for Channel Partners and MSPs: 06 October 2025

Here is today's sustainable IT services news, research and analysis for channel partners, MSPs, climate accounting professionals, and the chief sustainability officers (CSOs) they serve.

A. Sustainable IT Partnerships, Strategic Alliances and Strategies

1. Microsoft - Transportation Services: Microsoft has aligned its transportation services strategy with the company's sustainability strategy. For instance, Microsoft provides electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at many Puget Sound campus locations for employee use. The company also offers transit passes, guaranteed rides home, and other rideshare options, a blog from the company noted. Related: Microsoft sustainability strategy timeline.

2. IT Services - Carbon-Neutral Milestone: Blue Connections IT's business operations have been certified carbon neutral for the third year in a row. The Australia-based IT service provider also assists end-customers with their sustainability goals.

3. Partnership - IT Services and Financial Services: CNF -- the development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean -- has tapped NTT Data for various digital transformation services. Key focus areas include environmental sustainability and water security. Related: NTT Data's sustainability strategy and timeline.

4. Partnership - Gird Modernization Services: Verizon Business has partnered with GE Vernova to promote GE Vernova MDS Orbit, an industrial wireless platform for utility companies. The platform, which has potential sustainability implications, helps utilities to modernize and manage their electrical grid.

5. Data Centers - Solar Power Prediction: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted that gigawatt-scale data center -- powered by continuous solar energy -- will be built in space within the next 10 to 20 years, Reuters reported. Related: Amazon's sustainability strategy timeline and partner milestones.

6. AI Data Center Spending: xAI, led by Elon Musk, is spending billions to build massive AI data centers and associated power systems in Memphis, Tennessee, The Wall Street Journal reported.

7. Smart Phones: Fairphone CEO Raymond van Eck has repositioned Fairphone as a high-quality smartphone maker that also happens to focus on sustainability, TechRadar reported.

8. Tesla Energy Leasing Program: Tesla Energy has introduced a new financing option designed to make its solar and home battery systems more accessible to customers, Not a Tesla App reported. Related: Tesla's AI strategy and milestones.

9. Executive Leadership - AI Infrastructure: Anthropic has hired Strive veteran Rahul Patil as chief technology officer. He succeeds Anthropic co-founder Sam McCandlish, who shifts to the new role of chief architect. Patil will oversee compute, infrastructure, inference, and a variety of other engineering tasks, TechCrunch reported.

10. Fashion - Net Zero Strategy Change: Ralph Lauren is no longer committing to a 2040 horizon for net zero, Trellis reported. Instead, the fashion giant is focusing on rolling targets every five years that leadership believes it can execute with confidence, the report said.

B. Sustainable IT Investments, Funding, Earnings and Business Launches

1. Potential M&A - AI Infrastructure: BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners may acquire Aligned Data Centers for about $40 billion from Macquarie, a Bloomberg report said.

2. Funding - Solar Management Software: OpenSolar, a free software platform serving more than 25,000 solar installer businesses, has raised $20 million in funding. Key Backers include Titanium Ventures, Google and 2150 Sustainability Fund. Instead of charging licensing fees to solar installers, OpenSolar generates revenue through partnerships with hardware and finance providers. The company is based in Sydney, Australia. Related: Google's sustainability strategy and milestones.

3. Funding - Environmental Consulting Services: Brindle and Green has secured six-figure growth funding from HSBC, according to Consultancy UK, though specific financial details were not disclosed.

4. Jeff Bezos Describes AI Investment Bubble: Although AI will transform the world, excitement about the market opportunity has made it difficult for investors to distinguish between good ideas and bad ideas, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said at the Italian Tech Week conference in Turin, Italy, CNBC reported.

C. Regional and Global Sustainability Policies, Regulations and News

1. COP30: The conference expects roughly 45,000 attendees, though some countries may skip the event because of hotel shortages and expensive room costs. (Source: Reuters) Related: COP30 conference timeline and news developments.

2. United States - Nuclear Power Perspectives: Pushback against nuclear energy, particularly in the United States, seems to be fading, CNBC asserted.

3. European Union - Priority Challenges?: Britain and Europe's 'obsession' with green energy means they risk losing out on a boom in demand for data centers to fuel the AI revolution, according to Toby Neugebauer, CEO of Fermi America, This Is Money reported.

D. Sustainability Conferences, Summits and Events

1. IBM TechXChange 2025 (October 6-9, Orlando, Florida)
2. European Zero Emission Bus Conference 2025 (October 7-9, Belgium)
3. Athex Sustainability Summit 2025 (October 9, Athens, Greece)
4. International Exhibition and Conference on Sustainable Cities 2025 (October 13-16, Kish)
5. Salesforce Dreamforce 2025 (October 14-16, San Francisco)
6. Complete Sustainability Conference Calendar

E. Previous Updates & Future News

1. Previous News: All of our daily news updates are here.
2. Future Updates: If you have news to share then please email me the details.