One year after the adoption of the EU Green Deal, leading cloud infrastructure providers and data centre operators in Europe have signed up to a joint Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact – with this including the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, founded under the umbrella of the eco Association.

Conclusions for sustainable digitalisation were adopted at last week’s meeting of the EU Environment Council. Among other things, these stipulate that data centres should become climate-neutral by 2030.

Are European data centres ready for the climate targets of the EU Green Deal, to strengthen climate and environmental protection through digitalisation? A new study with best practices in the field of energy-efficient data centres formulates technological development potentials as well as policy recommendations.

Are data centres in Europe ready to meet the climate goals of the EU Green Deal? And what best practices can data centres already use today? The answers to these questions are provided in the new study "Data Centres in Europe - Opportunities for Sustainable Digitalisation", published by the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany in cooperation with the Borderstep Institute and with the support of the Vodafone Institute. In an eco netTALK on Tuesday, 24 November, we will present the key results of the study.  

According to a new survey commissioned by eco – Association of the Internet Industry,  56% of Germans  believe that digital technologies and applications can have a positive impact on the climate footprint in the future.

Dr. Béla Waldhauser, spokesperson of the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures, advocates a holistic view of digital infrastructures, as they contribute to achieving the European climate targets & ensure energy-efficient use of digital applications.

Significant increase in energy efficiency: 12 times lower energy consumption per GB of data transmitted in data centres compared to 2010 Constantly decreasing CO2 emissions (30% less by 2030) despite increasing demands on computing power Global energy efficiency potential through cloud computing not yet exhausted Berlin,...

eco and the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures regard the German Federal Environment Ministry’s initiative as a successful start to driving forward sustainable digitalisation.

The goals that the German federal government is pursuing with its National Action Plan on Energy Efficiency Strategy 2050 are certainly ambitious. As a member of the government’s Working Group on Digitalisation, eco too is participating in the dialogue process to bring life to these goals.

eco Chair Oliver J. Süme: “GAIA-X paves the way for a new level of digital sovereignty, which at the same time goes hand in hand with high European data protection requirements and reliable IT security.”

On Friday, 8 May 2020 leading industry experts from different layers of the Internet infrastructure - including Access Providers, Internet Exchange Points, Content Delivery Networks, Data Centers, and Cloud Service Providers – will discuss how they are maintaining the Internet during COVID-19. John Graham-Cumming,...

The Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, founded under the umbrella of the eco Association, welcomes the decision of the energy ministers and senators of the German states to reduce electricity costs and thereby initiate a sustainable energy transition economic programme.

In the eco Association’s 25th anniversary year, Lars Steffen speaks to Thomas Rickert about the initiation of the eco Complaints Office, the CSA, and further initiatives for an Internet with Responsibility. Read more on dotmagazine.

Marc Fröse from ETIX Everywhere looks at the challenges of building data centers in highly diverse geographical and regulatory environments. Read more on dotmagazine.

Jörgen Venot from the DataCenterGroup, on the construction of and life insurance for industrial edge data centers. Read more on dotmagazine.

Data centers and society both have much to gain from the use of waste heat, a topic elaborated upon both in a white paper, and by Béla Waldhauser, Leader of the eco Data Center Infrastructure Group. Read more on dotmagazine.

The eco Association, The Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructure, and Initiative Digital joined forces on Day Zero of the IGF 2019 to explore the needs and concerns of SMEs in terms of digitalization.

White paper introduces successful concepts and talks through opportunities and challenges for data centers to operate more sustainably in future.

Béla Waldhauser, Leader of the eco Competence Group Data Center Infrastructure, grapples with the definition of edge data centers and envisages the environment that will evolve at the edge of 5G networks. Read more on dotmagazine.

Digital sovereignty in the form of high-performance and secure digital infrastructures is a key success factor and decisive for the future viability of Germany as a business location. This is the opinion of the overwhelming majority (80 percent) of decision-makers in German companies, according to the results of a current representative survey commissioned by eco.

Lorenz Grehlich, Head of Technical Development at M-net Telekommunikations GmbH, is the new Leader of the Competence Group Networks at eco. In interview, he explains what his goals are with the  the group.

David McCall from QTS looks at how data centers can help improve the disposal of electronic components through an IT Asset Disposal program. Read more on dotmagazine.

Wolfram Rinner from GasLINE explores how 5G campus networks and fiber-optic connectivity can exploit the potential of Industry 4.0 in the automotive industry. Read more on dotmagazine.

How is data center design and redundancy evolving for edge environments? Independent consultant Gerd Simon looks at bringing data to life at the edge. Read more on dotmagazine.

As part of the international networking for the “Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany”, eco Managing Director Alexander Rabe participated in a German-Swedish exchange on artificial intelligence.    

Dietmar Kessler from Equinix explores services in the city of the future, and the digital infrastructure required as a foundation of the smart city concept. Read more on dotmagazine.

What does the digitalization of data centers look like? Ulrich Terrahe from dc-ce looks at mastering DC documentation digitally. Read more on dotmagazine.

Call for contributions from eco member companies and specialists on the topics of Digitalization, Cloud, & Innovative Business Models. Bring your voice into the mix!

Klaus Landefeld, Board Member at the eco Association, looks at what investments are still needed to fully exploit the potential of 5G. Read more on dotmagazine.

Wolfgang Kaufmann from Datacenter One argues that enterprises do not need to simply choose between owning a data center or outsourcing IT infrastructure – they can have the best of both worlds. Read more on dotmagazine.