The solutions are there – let’s use them!
Whether it’s to do with Smart City concepts that make our cities more habitable, resource-efficient and sustainable; digital technologies that support older people in their everyday lives in the course of demographic change; or digital platforms that promote cohesion: Discover selected use cases that illustrate how and where the Internet industry is already part of the solution.
DIGITALISATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
Hosting in the Wind Turbine
Hosting in the Wind Turbine
Together with WestfalenWIND, Zattoo is working on the climate-neutral broadcasting of the future. Through the green IT project windCORES of the wind farm operator WestfalenWIND, the TV streaming provider Zattoo is bringing its data centre directly into a wind turbine. And in doing so, it demonstrates that climate-friendly streaming is possible.
Swiss Future Farm – Digital Agriculture of the Future
On the Swiss Future Farm in Täniko, 5G applications from Huawei are being tested. With 5G, connected drones are monitoring fields with video cameras, and are thereby enabling the targeted and resource-saving use of water, fertilisers, pesticides and harvesters.
DIGITALISATION AND THE WORKING WORLD
Precision Farming
DIGITALISATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
Innovative Heating Concept
Data Centres’ Waste Heat Utilisation
Intelligent energy for cities – the utilisation of waste heat from data centres makes it possible. This is demonstrated by a pilot project run by Mainova and Telehouse in Frankfurt. In future, at least 60 % of the new buildings and commercial units in Frankfurt’s Westville district will receive waste heat from the neighbouring data centre.
IoT sensor technology facilitates safe everyday life for older people
In older age, many people would like to live as safely and autonomously as possible. However, from a certain point in time, an increasing number of older people need support in their everyday lives – be it a reminder to take medication, or assistance if they fall in their own home. The VIVAI AG business case shows how people who need assistance can be supported in their everyday lives by intelligent voice assistants, chatbots and IoT sensors.
DIGITALISATION AND HEALTH
Voice assistant and IoT fall sensors
Additional case studies sought
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Putting a stop to climate change? This won’t happen without digitalisation!
Smart technologies are the key to more CO2 savings and greater sustainability: the first part of our #JOINTHESOLUION report series illustrates how the data centre industry is using digitalisation and renewable energies to become climate neutral.
#JOINTHESOLUTION Where digitalisation is part of the solution
Statements
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Digital infrastructures as well as digital technologies and services – consistently applied in the right domains – offer immense potential for tackling climate change and further sustainability goals.
Alexander Rabe
Managing Director
eco Association -
The waste heat from German data centres could save many millions of cubic metres of gas. The right step towards more self-reliance. This is something we simply have to do.
Dr. BĂ©la Waldhauser
Spokesperson, Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany -
It is crystal clear that digitalisation and the digital industry have an important role to play in achieving the climate goals. Data centres are the backbone of the digital industry and therefore have a key role to play in sustainable digitalisation.
Sabine Schaar
Regional Vice President Sales Germany, Equinix
Further highlights
Digitalisation and Sustainability
Reduce CO2 emissions and conserve resources: Find out how smart technologies and digital solutions can contribute to this.
Study
Learn about the positive effects of digital technologies and infrastructures on the carbon footprint of the economy and society in our study undertaken in cooperation with Arthur D. Little.
News
Press releases, interviews and news: covering our campaign #JOINTHESOLUTION “We are part of the solution – the Internet industry”.