Sustainable IT Services News 28 October 2025: Google Nuclear Power Plan; UCLA AI Energy Research; Elon Musk Pay Package and 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. Panel Experts Wanted: Carbon Measures, a global coalition formed in early October 2025, plans to form an independent expert panel "that will work to develop the guidelines and implementation steps to establish a global carbon emissions accounting system based on financial accounting principles," the organization said. Carbon Measures CEO Amy Brachio and University of Oxford Professor Karthik Ramanna will co-chair the panel. S&P Global Commodity Insights will serve as the panel's independent knowledge partner. In the coming weeks, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) will launch a call for interest to be considered as expert panel members, advisory board members and knowledge partners.

2. Partnership - Nuclear-Powered Data Centers: NextEra Energy plans to restart the Duane Arnold Energy Center, Iowa's only nuclear facility, by Q1 2029. Google has agreed to purchase power from the plant. Related: Nuclear power for data center updates and Google's sustainability strategy.

3. Talent: Schneider Electric has named Joon Tan as VP of human resources strategy, innovation, communications and sustainability. Separately, Ninety One has promoted Daisy Streatfeild from director to chief sustainability officer, Responsible Investor reported. Related: October 2025 sustainability executive updates.

4. Research - Carbon Reduction Market Forecast: Global emissions of greenhouse gases are expected to fall by about 10% by 2035, compared with 1990 levels, representing the first decline ever forecast by the United Nations, Bloomberg reported. Related: All sustainability market research reports.

5. AI Energy Consumption: Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering in California have developed a generative AI system for creating images that uses considerably less energy and processing requirements than other current technologies, Sustainability Online reported.

6. Pivot: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates thinks climate change is a serious problem but it won't be the end of civilization, the Associated Press reported. Indeed, Gates thinks scientific innovation will curb it, and it’s instead time for a “strategic pivot” in the global climate fight: From focusing on limiting rising temperatures to fighting poverty and preventing disease, the report said.

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

1. Tesla Warning: Tesla shareholders must vote to pay CEO Elon Musk almost $1 trillion, or he might not stay, Board Chair Robyn Denholm warned in a letter, according to CNBC. Related: Tesla AI strategy and partner implications.

2. Fund Formed: Breakwall Capital LP has raised $125 million for the Breakwall Energy Credit (PEC) Partners Fund. The fund will focus on energy infrastructure, infrastructure services, and energy transition subsectors.

C. Regional and Global Sustainability Policies, Regulations and News

1. Canada - Lawsuit: A group of young people sued the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, alleging the the pension fund is putting their benefits in jeopardy by mismanaging climate-related financial risks, Bloomberg reported.

2. United Kingdom - Offshore Wind Power: The UK will allocate £900 million ($1.2 billion) in subsidies for traditional offshore wind projects in a late 2025 auction , a cost that will be added to consumers bills amid growing political backlash, Bloomberg reported.

3. Australia - Net Zero Pushback: Internal pressure within Australia’s conservative opposition coalition to drop net-zero emissions targets intensified as two key figures stepped up their attacks on the climate goals Bloomberg reported.

4. India - Coal Power Debate: India may be ready to replace some of the country’s oldest and most polluting coal-fired power plants by 2030 amid the shift to renewable energy, Tata Power CEO Praveer Sinha told Bloomberg.

5. Singapore - Renewable Energy and Data Center Strategy: Singapore will allocate more land on its manufacturing hub, Jurong Island, for renewable energy facilities and a data centre park, the Singapore Economic Development Board and developer JTC Corporation said, according to Reuters.

6. China - Nuclear Research: China is investing more in fusion “than the rest of the world put together, times two,” Bill Gates asserted, according to Bloomberg.

D. Sustainability Conferences, Summits and Events

1. Sustainable Cold Chain for the Global South 2025 (October 28-29, England)
2. NJBIA’s Energy and Environmental Policy Forum 2025 (October 28-29, New Jersey)
3. EcologiQ Green Infrastructure Conference 2025 (October 29-30, Melbourne, Australia)
4. Cisco Partner Summit 2025 (November 3-5, San Diego, California)
5. ADIPEC 2025 Energy Conference (November 3-6, Abu Dhabi, UAE)
6. Complete Sustainability Conference Calendar

E. Previous Updates & Future News

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