Sustainable IT Services News 07 January 2026: Arbor Carbon Accounting Software Milestone; Cisco Progress Report; 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. Carbon Accounting Software Adoption: Arbor’s carbon accounting software platform has now measured over 1 billion kg of CO2e across 122,000+ products, saving enterprise clients roughly 1.8 million hours of manual reporting time compared to traditional Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), Arbor asserts.

2. Cisco Progress Report Cisco CSO Mary de Wysocki offered a sustainability progress report for the networking giant. Related: Cisco sustainability strategy and channel partner implications.

3. Hardware: HP is touting sustainable design for some of its latest hardware offerings. Related: HP sustainability strategy and channel partner implications.

4. Partnership - Super Computer: Danfoss and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) are developing a supercomputer at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) in Sønderborg. Among the key areas of focus: Sustainable energy management and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. Related: HPE sustainability strategy and channel partner implications.

5. Award Finalists: Finalists for the RTIH AI in Retail Awards for Sustainability include Global Intuition, IBM Consulting, Nextail, Retail Insight and Tahina, according to the Retail Tech Innovation Hub.

6. Startup: Aviva Investors veteran Steve Waygood has become founding CEO of the Finance Transition Centre (FTC), a think thank focused on mobilizing capital for a sustainable economy, Waygood disclosed on LinkedIn.

7. Data Center Construction Delays: A growing share of announced and committed data center projects are failing to reach the construction stage, according to DC Bytes.

8. Data Centers & Energy Consumption: Power-grid operators are asking data center operators to supply their own electricity or go dark at times, but many tech companies are pushing back, The Wall Street Journal reported.

9. Survey - Refurbished Technology: Almost a third (31%) of consumers feel comfortable buying certified refurbished technology, according to a Holiday Season survey from Alchemy.

10. AI Lawsuit - Presiding Judge: Araceli Martínez-Olguín will succeed William Alsup as the judge presiding over the copyright lawsuit vs. Anthropic. Alsup retired. (Source: Publisher's Weekly) Related: AI lawsuit timeline, judgments and court rulings.

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

1. M&A- Data Centers: VivoPower has acquired a 40MW+ Norwegian data center, with plans to transition the site from blockchain compute to AI workloads. The deal, pending shareholder approval, is valued at $40 million.

C. Regional and Global Sustainability Policies, Regulations and News

1. United States - Consulting Services Expansion: B2BCERT has expanded its ISO 50001 Certification and ISO 50001 Consulting Services in Boston, Massachusetts. The certification and consulting services focus on Energy Management Systems that align with long-term sustainability objectives.

2. Australia - Consulting Expansion: ESG Strategy has launched a Fractional Chief Sustainability Officer (fCSO) service for mid-market Australian businesses with revenues between $20 million and $500 million.

3. Asia - Data Center Business Expansion: Johnson Controls plans to expand its Innovation Center in Singapore. The five year, $60 million expansion reinforces a sustainable data center push across the Asia Pacific region.

D. Sustainability Conferences, Summits and Events

1. World Future Energy Summit 2026 (January 13-15, UAE)
2. Sustainable and Impact Investments International Conference (January 22-23, Hamburg, Germany)
3. IMPACT Sustainability Travel and Tourism Summit 2026 (January 26-28, Victoria, BC, Canada)
4. 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.