Increased demands for research and high-performance computing (HPC)--along with growing expectations for cost and environmental savings--are putting new strains on the campus data center. More and more, CIOs like the University of Notre Dame's (Indiana) Gordon Wishon are seeking creative ways to build more sustainable models for data center and resource expansion. Wishon is not only the CIO, but he's also associate vice president and associate provost at Notre Dame, indicating the central role he plays in supporting the data and resource needs of both administrative and educational programs, as well as, increasingly, the university's strategic effort to grow the size and scale of its research initiatives. This article presents an interview with Wishon about efforts underway at Notre Dame to respond to the upswing in HPC and research computing at the university while reducing costs and the environmental impact of program growth.