Catalysing Climate-Aligned AI Infrastructure
Hyperscale Growth - and its limits
AI data centres are being built at unprecedented speed. At the centre of this buildout sits the hyperscale data centre — vast, centralised facilities designed for AI training. However, their environmental impacts are mounting, and by 2030, as much as 75% of AI workloads are expected to come from inferencing, not training.
Deep Learning Explained | Source
The Arrival of the Inference Era
AI’s true value lies in inference - where AI delivers tangible benefit, and where innovation will depend on more distributed, resource-aware systems.
The move to inferencing offers a generational opportunity to right-size data centres that can also act as anchor buyers of climate solutions such as carbon removal, heat reuse, water replenishment, circularity, green energy and real community benefits.
Turning aI Infrastructure into Climate Infrastructure
The shift from AI training to inference is driving a move toward right-sized, modular, and distributed data centres. This new era of data centre opens the door to decarbonise supply chains, democratise access to clean energy, and distribute the benefits of intelligence equitably.
Trojan Horses for Climate Finance
What if the next wave of AI infrastructure could finance the climate transition, not accelerate its costs?
We believe that AI, if designed intentionally, can act as a Trojan horse for climate finance and become a powerful instrument for that unlock. The scale of today’s AI build-out rivals the industrial revolution itself, and that is exactly why it must be reimagined.
2030 Annual Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions from Data Centres with and without AI development in a Business as Usual Scenario | Source
The core pillars of Climate-aligned AI Infrastructure
Our core pillars show how we can unlock climate finance to flow into climate-aligned data centres. Working with us helps operators and enterprises access these pillars as real, investable solutions.
Anchor green power
Build with low carbon materials
Act as a flexible grid stabiliser
Embed carbon removals
Turn waste heat into a valuable resource
Anchor community benefits
Reduce water consumption and replenish locally
WHITEPAPER: AI Infrastructure as climate infrastructure
Opna's latest whitepaper explores how distributed, right-sized data centres can align AI’s growth with community benefit and planetary resilience and act as Trojan horses for the climate transition.
Experts in trust and transparency
Within high-impact infrastructure
Capital, Impact & Scale
We specialise in directing capital into high-impact climate initiatives. Through partnerships, rigorous measurement, and accountability systems, we unlock finance, verify real outcomes, and scale climate solutions with confidence.
Trust & transparency
The carbon markets and AI data centres both face credibility gaps — from green washing to shaky integrity claims. We bring the expertise to cut through the noise, restore trust, and deliver transparent, high-integrity climate solutions.
