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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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Jacobs and CSIRO coming together to shape a more sustainable world

Jacobs and CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, are collaborating on a new innovation program to identify and fast-track solutions and emerging opportunities in the health care, environmental and manufacturing sectors, encouraging interaction across different disciplines that address these critical environmental challenges.

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Ace Employee Network: Leigh Hulme’s story

Wellbeing is foundational to everything we’re able to do and accomplish. We continually evaluate our wellbeing programs and benefits to best support our people – and we’re sharing stories of how these programs and tools are helping each of us individually be at our best, so we’re able to do more – together. In this feature, we connected with Leigh Hulme to see how he found a sense of belonging with one of our employee networks, ACE.

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Help your people grow today to take Jacobs into tomorrow: Sean Butler’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. Abundance mentality is about seeking and identifying wider opportunities, sharing your knowledge and collaborating with others. For people leaders, this means helping each person on your team see what’s next for them right here at Jacobs. In this piece, Sean Butler, an operations director in our decommissioning business, explains why he’s passionate about keeping the great talent we have at Jacobs.

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Jacobs publishes final report of study on lessons learned from COVID-19

What can Global North countries like the U.S. and countries in Europe learn from positive outcomes in the Global South? And how can these lessons help the U.S. better prepare for future public health events? Jacobs’ report on more than 20 countries’ responses to COVID-19 and recommendations for public health officials is now available to the public.

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Oneworld Employee Network: Faith Yi Feng’s story

Wellbeing is foundational to everything we’re able to do and accomplish. We continually evaluate our wellbeing programs and benefits to best support our people – and we’re sharing stories of how these programs and tools are helping each of us individually be at our best, so we’re able to do more – together. In this feature, we connected with Faith Yi Feng to see how she found a sense of belonging with one of our employee networks, OneWorld.

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Industrial symbiosis: A feasible solution to sustainable resource management in the water sector?

In this Ofwat Innovation project, we explore the feasibility of implementing the “industrial symbiosis” concept within the water sector by applying an innovative digital cloud-based platform resource matching approach. At Jacobs, we've embraced this way of thinking with our OneWater approach – and we're supporting water sector clients as they explore collaborative and sustainable resource management strategies. Read how this pilot could pave a new way of using waste materials from one entity as the raw materials for another.

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Jacobs joins Semiconductor Climate Consortium

Jacobs has joined the Semiconductor Climate Consortium, which helps chip-makers reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet the terms of the Paris Climate Agreement and help limit the increase in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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Prism Employee Network: Vigor Lam’s story

Wellbeing is foundational to everything we’re able to do and accomplish. We continually evaluate our wellbeing programs and benefits to best support our people – and we’re sharing stories of how these programs and tools are helping each of us individually be at our best, so we’re able to do more – together. In this feature, we connected with Vigor Lam to see how he found a sense of belonging with one of our employee networks, Prism.