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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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Learning from others across the company to grow and evolve: Ann Miranda'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. Empathy is about taking initiative to build closer relationships with colleagues and clients by asking thoughtful questions and actively listening. In this piece, Ann Miranda tells us about her experience connecting and learning from others across the company.

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Julie Sloat and Louis Pinkham named to Jacobs board of directors

Jacobs (NYSE: J) announced today the election of Julie Sloat and Louis Pinkham to its Board of Directors, effective December 1, 2023. With considerable experience across business, technology, manufacturing and energy transition, they bring to the board a proven track record of scaling ground-breaking products and services, developing organizations, and building cross-industry strategic partnerships.

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Jacobs to advance development of new water tidal turbine technology

Jacobs announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to spin-off and combine its Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence government services businesses with Amentum, a leading global engineering and technology solutions provider, to create a new, publicly-traded player in the government services sector.

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Jacobs to spin-off and merge its Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence Government Services businesses with Amentum, creating an independent, publicly traded company

Jacobs announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to spin-off and combine its Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence government services businesses with Amentum, a leading global engineering and technology solutions provider, to create a new, publicly-traded player in the government services sector.

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Realscene Immersive first responder training tool named ITSPA Project of the Year

The number of emergency personnel fatalities involved in struck-by incidents are increasing at an alarming rate, making emergency response to traffic incidents a top danger for law enforcement, fire fighters, EMS and towing operators. Jacobs developed an innovative, extended reality tool, RealScene, which provides an engaging and realistic training environment in real scenarios that enhances safety and better prepares first responder teams for the next emergency. Read more about the award-winning tool in this article.