Transforming a coal-fired power plant site into a low-carbon digital hub
USA · Data Centers
Project details
Converting a legacy coal-fired plant site into a sustainable digital hub within the data center portfolio.
Bright ideas. Sustainable change.
Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy practice founded in 1945. Operating with more than 18,000 experts, it designs sustainable solutions for governments and private clients worldwide. The organization delivers multidisciplinary services spanning buildings, transport, energy, environment, water, and management consulting, with a strong focus on the green transition.
LEED · BREEAM · CEEQUAL · DGNB
Ed AnsettGlobal Director, Data Centre Technology and Innovation
Hannes ReuterGlobal Business Area Managing Director, Energy
Jacob KurekGlobal Business Area Managing Director, Architecture & Landscape
Kasper FreundManaging Director, Management Consulting
Esther BosmanManaging Director, Ramboll Water
Stefan WallmannManaging Director, Transport
Patrick MoloneyGlobal Director, Sustainability Consulting & ESG
Ulf HedmanGlobal Spearhead Healthcare Director
Comprehensive engineering and technical design across the entire project lifecycle.
Designing optimized, resilient structures using advanced digital design tools and sustainable materials.
Providing building services, ventilation, power distribution, and building physics optimization for complex environments.
Analyzing building envelopes to deliver functional, visually attractive, and energy-efficient façades.
Delivering geotechnics, geophysics, and soil remediation services across varied global site conditions.
Upgrading and conserving existing building stocks to extend service life and minimize embodied carbon.
Employing building information modeling, 3D/4D coordination, and parametric design for optimized project execution.
Multidisciplinary energy planning, engineering, and advisory to lead the green energy transition.
Designing, permitting, and executing engineering for large-scale onshore and offshore wind and solar projects.
Modernizing electricity grids, HVDC connections, and substations for resilient power distribution.
Advising and engineering solutions to capture carbon emissions for industrial and municipal facilities.
Developing renewable alternative fuels and hydrogen technologies to decarbonize heavy transport and industry.
Designing fully integrated, cost-effective community heating and cooling transmission networks.
Converting water- and climate-related challenges into sustainable development opportunities.
Mapping, modeling, and safeguarding groundwater and drinking water resources.
Implementing flood risk management, storm-surge protection, and nature-based solutions.
Designing robust utility networks, treatment plants, and tunneling solutions.
Engineering advanced water purification and recovering energy or materials from wastewater.
Scientific and technical advisory services addressing biodiversity, contamination, and compliance.
Measuring biodiversity metrics and developing nature-positive strategies and site net-gain programs.
Assessing sustainability risks, EHS compliance, and value enhancement during acquisitions.
Monitoring emissions, managing air quality, and addressing emerging chemical risks like PFAS.
Value-focused and people-centric strategy and transformation advice for public and private sectors.
Guiding organizations through double materiality assessments, ESG reporting, and taxonomy alignment.
Supporting city administrations and governments with socio-economic assessments and digital transformation.
Data Centers · Mission Critical Facilities · Power Transmission & Distribution · Renewable Energy · Water Resources · Wastewater · Transportation · Healthcare · Telecommunications · Waste Management
USA · Data Centers
Converting a legacy coal-fired plant site into a sustainable digital hub within the data center portfolio.
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