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The eco-founded Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany publishes a press statement regarding the hearing on the German Energy Efficiency Act Amendment Bill in the Committee for Climate Protection and Energy.

The German Federal Cabinet approved the draft bill to amend the German Energy Efficiency Act (EnEfG) on 22 May 2024. The Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany is in favour of using the opportunity to implement measures for a more realistic implementation of the requirements and international comparability in addition to the formal adjustments to align the EnEfG with the reporting obligations of the European Energy Efficiency Directive (EED).

At the recent ‘Datacenter - Sustainable and Secure DC Operation for HPC and Scientific Computing’ event, industry experts came together to discuss the central challenges and opportunities for modern data centres. These form the backbone of the digital infrastructure, but are facing a decisive change: the growing demand for computing power must be combined with the urgent need to operate more sustainably and efficiently.

Waste heat utilisation, greater energy efficiency, CO2 reduction: the data centre industry is currently addressing these approaches from various angles. As part of the event “Current and Future Energy Storage Technologies for the Data Centre Industry” at the University of Bayreuth campus, over 60 experts discussed these topics via various presentations and workshops.

The EU Commission's Energy Efficiency Directive requires operators of data centres with an IT capacity of 500 kW or more to publish their energy efficiency data in the future. The eco Alliance is in favour of common European standards for the energy-efficient and climate-neutral operation of data centres. However, the current reporting obligations should be kept within reasonable limits.

In this interview, Muzaffer Ege, CSO at nexspace shares insights about the increasing demands for sustainable and energy-efficient IT infrastructures, the challenges posed by new regulatory requirements such as the German Energy Efficiency Act, and the opportunities that digitalisation and edge computing bring to the data centre industry.

Today, Wednesday, the German federal government’s Growth Initiative is to be approved by the cabinet along with the 2025 federal budget. This includes ambitious plans for the expansion of AI data centres and improvement in the framework conditions for data centre operators.

The sounds of files, cutters and hammers once echoed around the Old Locksmith in Offenbach am Main. In early June 2024, however, the Data Centre Expert Summit 2024 was all about data centres as tools for our digital future – with the support of our sponsors ABB, EkkoSense AI, GOLDBECK, Robert C. Spies, Huawei and Global Switch.

The “We give data a home! The data centre industry in Germany” Alliance Talk on Wednesday, 15 May 2024, at BASECAMP Berlin brought together representatives from the Internet industry, users and politicians to discuss both the importance of and the necessary framework conditions for data centres in Germany.

Establishing data centres on well-connected industrial sites promotes modern, sustainable and socially acceptable neighbourhood developments, says Daniel Schmitz from GOLDBECK Südwest GmbH in an interview.