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Protecting the Thames Estuary: Modeling to provide a reliable evidence base to safeguard millions of residents and billions in assets

The Thames Estuary is home to 1.51 million people and more than £400 ($546) billion-worth of assets that are at risk from tidal flooding. To address this challenge, Jacobs and JBA Consulting are leading the Thames Estuary 2100 Modelling Project for the Environment Agency — a key pillar of the Thames Estuary 2100 strategy. The project strengthens understanding of flood risk and provides the robust evidence base needed to guide smarter decisions that protect homes, safeguard critical infrastructure and support sustainable growth. By delivering trusted and unified insights for climate resilience, it’s helping to build a safer future for one of the principal development areas in southern England.
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Jacobs’ data center digital twin featured in NVIDIA GTC keynote

During NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote presentation at the company’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) on Monday, March 16, 2026, the founder and CEO highlighted Jacobs. The NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint and libraries now features a Jacobs Data Center Digital Twin solution that enables developers and owners to plan, simulate and optimize gigawatt-scale artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, known as AI factories, in a virtual environment – improving time to first revenue, efficient energy performance and resilient long-term operations.
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Jacobs recognized for advancing climate resilience and environmental innovation

Jacobs has received five Environmental Business Journal and Climate Change Business Journal awards, recognizing[RK1.1] global leadership in climate resilience infrastructure, digital innovation, nature-based solutions and data-driven decarbonization, along with a lifetime achievement honor for industry leadership.
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Have you checked in on your mental health?

This Suicide Prevention Week focuses on encouraging people to talk about mental health and suicide awareness. It’s an opportunity and reminder for people to hit pause for a moment and come together to check-in on their mental health.

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Jacobs awarded Connecticut water treatment plant contract

Jacobs (NYSE:J) was selected to operate and maintain The City of Waterbury, Connecticut's 38 million gallon-per-day (mgd) conventional surface water treatment plant. The City estimates the ten-year contract value at $25 million inclusive of engineering services and support for improvements to the overall facility, sludge system, water quality lab and treatment process.

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Challenging the accepted by listening to understand: Inas Kamel’s story

Each month in 2023, we’re focusing on one of the 10 essentials we all need for success in these fast-changing times. Active listening is about being present and attentive with an awareness of personal biases, and listening to understand and hear ideas, potential options and alternatives. A way you can practice active listening is through conducting your annual performance conversations with your manager and set goals for the coming year. In this piece, Inas Kamel talks about the power of keeping an open mind and really listening to what others have to say.

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Jacobs joins The Climate Pledge

Jacobs has joined The Climate Pledge, supporting global business commitments to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. Learn more about why we’ve joined.

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Jacobs to manage Inland Empire Utilities Agency recycled water program expansion

Jacobs (NYSE:J) was selected by Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) in California to provide program management, owners engineering services, and strategic funding advisory services for a major regional water management program that will incorporate indirect potable reuse to create a more sustainable, drought-resilient local water supply in the Chino Basin—one of the largest groundwater storage basins in southern California.