According to Rabe, this trend is positive. However, eco’s Managing Director would have liked to see a little more consistency in the adjustments in some areas. This applies, for example, to the Design PUE. It is also regrettable that the flat-rate ERF values are still included in the law.

All in for AI Gigafactories? These and other questions regarding the future of Germany as a data centre location were discussed at the AllianceTalk by the panelists Henri Schmidt, MP, Johannes Schätzl, MP, Michael Schultz (Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation), and Günter Eggers (NTT).

A late start, but on the home stretch: Germany has managed the long run-up and will finally adapt the important NIS-2 implementation. The second stage of the EU infringement procedure hung over Berlin like a sword of Damocles for a long time; but now there is finally movement in the legislative backlog on cybersecurity.