ELITE / SUSTAINABILITY
Energy, water, land and heat are interconnected design decisions. Our approach is to assess them early, establish meaningful boundaries and develop measurable objectives with the future operator.
OUR DESIGN PRINCIPLE
The San Giuliano opportunity is at development stage. The priorities below describe studies and design objectives, not achieved environmental performance or awarded certifications.
Evaluate regeneration of an existing developed property, with a clear understanding of lawful building rights, existing structures and site conditions.
Set an efficiency strategy around annual operating conditions, real IT loads and transparent metering. Assess feasible on-site renewable generation alongside wider electricity procurement.
Examine whether recoverable heat can serve a real local demand. Useful recovery needs a matching temperature, route, customer and commercial model.
Evaluate cooling against available water resources, discharge constraints and climatic conditions. Liquid cooling does not automatically mean zero water use.
REGIONAL CONTEXT
Lombardy’s 2026 framework addresses location, regeneration, on-site renewables, heat recovery and water use. Its benefits depend on specific qualification criteria and combinations of priorities.
Our project studies should assess the applicable criteria alongside the engineering design. No incentive award, formal priority band or project-specific public funding is represented here.
European energy-efficiency rules also place increasing emphasis on data centre reporting and feasible heat recovery. Metering and evidence should be designed into the facility from the start.
MEASUREMENT BEFORE MARKETING
No carbon-neutral or net-zero operating claim is made. A credible future assessment would need defined boundaries, energy-procurement evidence, emissions methodology and actual performance.
No such assumption is made. Roof area, equipment conflicts, usable surfaces and solar yield require design. On-site solar and the wider electricity-procurement strategy should be evaluated separately.
No. The project needs a technical and economic study of heat quality, potential customers, seasonal demand, network routes and operating responsibility.
Eligibility has not been established. Formal site qualification, design evidence and the relevant authority’s determination are needed before any benefit can be included as a commitment.
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