Joyce Dickerson

Joyce Dickerson is the Vice President of Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) for Digital Infrastructure at Ares Management. She brings over a decade of experience in global data center and IT sustainability, with a focus on using technology and innovation to solve environmental and social challenges while driving operational excellence.

Joyce joined Ada Infrastructure in 2024 as VP, Sustainability & ESG, and following its acquisition by Ares, she transitioned into her current leadership role. Her career spans impactful work at Google, where she served as the Global Lead for Data Center Sustainability. There, she led initiatives in carbon accounting, sustainability reporting, energy efficiency, healthy materials, and waste and water reduction—developing an internal rating system that supported a data center portfolio that grew by over 1 GW during her tenure.

Earlier in her career, Joyce founded and ran Stanford University’s Sustainable IT initiative that led to the construction of the Stanford Research Computing Facility (SRCF), its first liquid-cooled data center for high performance computing.

Joyce is passionate about building sustainable digital infrastructure and shaping ESG strategies that scale with innovation and impact.