The seminar Data Center 2030: Efficienza Energetica e Raffrescamento Intelligente, held on 28 November 2025 at ITIS Avogadro in Turin, gathered HVAC/R and ICT professionals to discuss how future data centers will address rising energy demand and cooling challenges. Organised by AEIT Piemonte e Valle d’Aosta, the Associazione Tecnici del Freddo, the Associazione Termotecnica Italiana, Daikin Italy and ITIS Avogadro, the event ran from 17:00 to 19:00.
Speakers highlighted the rapid growth in computational demand driven by AI, cloud and IoT, noting that European data-center consumption already exceeded 100 GWh in 2023 and continues to increase. The discussion emphasised the need for efficient cooling technologies to manage higher thermal loads and reduce environmental impact.
Moderated by Prof. Ing. Marco Masoero (Politecnico di Torino), the session featured contributions from Ing. Marco Buoni on new cooling systems, Ing. Pierpaolo Marchese on low-energy ICT networks, Ing. Matteo Serraino (Daikin) on advanced HVAC solutions for mission-critical environments and Ing. Ezio Zerbini on infrastructure evolution under AI workloads.
During the event, Aleksandra Milic received a prize for the second place in Category B – RACHP Design Excellence during the ceremony held today in Turin.
The event underscored the importance of integrating HVAC/R innovation with digital-sector development to prepare data centers for 2030. Two continuing education credits for engineers were requested from the National Council of Engineers.