Sustainable IT Services News 04 November 2025: Eaton Buys Boyd Thermal, IBM Forms Impact Accelerator, OpenAI-AWS Partnership, More

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

A. Sustainable IT Partnerships, Strategic Alliances and Strategies

1. IT Services and Autonomous Driving: NTT in December 2025 wlll launch NTT Mobility, which will provide a "one-stop service that comprehensively supports the introduction and operation of autonomous driving services nationwide," the Tokyo-based company said. Related: NTT Data sustainability services strategy.

2. Partnership - Data Centers and IT Networks: Verizon Business struck a deal with Amazon Web Services under which the U.S. telecom will build new fiber pathways connecting AWS data center locations, SeekingAlpha reported.

3. Partnership - AI Data Centers: OpenAI and Amazon have signed a $38 billion deal that enables the ChatGPT maker to run its AI systems on Amazon's data centers in the U.S., the Associated Press reported. Related: Amazon sustainability strategy and channel partner implications.

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

1. M&A - Data Center Liquid Cooling Technology: Eaton is acquiring the Boyd Thermal business of Boyd Corp. from Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Boyd Thermal develops liquid cooling and ruggedized solutions for data centers, aerospace and other end markets. The purchase price, $9.5 billion, represents 22.5 times Boyd Thermal’s estimated adjusted EBITDA for 2026, the buyer said.

2. M&A - Data Centers: Apollo has completed the previously announced acquisition of Stream Data Centers (SDC). Principal Asset Management is a minority investor in the deal. SDC’s management team will retain a minority stake and continue to lead the company.

3. Accelerator: The IBM Impact Accelerator program has selected five organizations for its 2025 cohort. The cohort will "use IBM solutions to help build smarter supply chains and strengthen digital infrastructure for long-term resilience and sustainability," IBM said. Related: List of 100+ sustainability accelerators.

C. Regional and Global Sustainability Policies, Regulations and News

1. COP30: EU climate ministers will make a last-ditch attempt to pass a new climate change target on November 4, in an effort to avoid going to COP30 empty-handed, Reuters reported. Ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss a deal on emissions cuts to be delivered over the next 15 years, aiming to cut emissions by 90% by 2040 relative to 1990 levels.(Sources: Reuters, Bloomberg)

2. EU Policy Debate: Renault boss Francois Provost said no carmaker in Europe can meet emission targets on vans or cars by 2030, calling for flexibility on the European Union's CO2 targets. (Source: Reuters)

3. EU Policy Debate: Executives at two of Europe's top gas suppliers, ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy, warned they could stop doing business with the EU if it does not significantly loosen a sustainability law that could impose fines of 5% of their global revenue. (Source: Reuters)

4. India Green Power Debate: India may cancel green power projects equivalent to as much as a fifth of the country’s renewable capacity because they’re struggling to find state utilities to buy their electricity, Bloomberg reported.

D. Sustainability Conferences, Summits and Events

1. COP30 (November 10-21, Belem, Brazil)
2. Sustainable Packaging Summit 2025 (November 10-12, Utrecht, the Netherlands)
3. International Conference on Entrepreneurship for Sustainability and Impact 2025 (November 11, Doha, Qatar)
4. Florida Climate Forecast Conference 2025 (November 13, Sarasota, Florida)
5. Complete Sustainability Conference Calendar

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