eco on LOCATION Dr. Béla Waldhauser, Head of Competence Group Datacenter Infrastruktur; Roland Broch, Senior Project Manager Digital Infrastructures.

CATALYST aspires to turn data centres into flexible multi-energy hubs, which can sustain investments in renewable energy sources and energy efficiency. Leveraging on results of past projects, CATALYST will adapt, scale up, deploy and validate an innovative technological and business framework that enables data centres to offer a range of mutualized energy flexibility services to both electricity and heat grids, while simultaneously increasing their own resiliency to energy supply.

As part of our new event series polITalk special: EU Vote for Digital19, we want to look ahead and engage in a dialog with you: On the brink of the European election in 2019, where does the European Union stand in terms of digitalization? What has the European Union achieved for Europe with its Digital Agenda 2020, and what are the Internet policy goals of the various political parties for the forthcoming EU legislative term?

As GooglePay and ApplePay enter the market, experts foresee the breakthrough happening for smartphone payment in Germany next year. What is certain: The Internet of Things calls for new financial services. At the IoT Future Trends, the eco Association would like to engage with you over the framework conditions for mobile and automated payment. For this purpose, we will take a look at current use cases and future requirements of relevant industry sectors, and engage in a dialog with you about the potential of new (crypto-) currencies.

On the occasion of today's anniversary of the Elysée Treaty, EuroCloud France and EuroCloud Deutschland_eco have announced a closer cooperation. The two associations have agreed on regular consultations with the objective of further expanding the business relationships of their members, and to engage in continuous dialog to prepare for possible impacts of Brexit.

It is longer possible to imagine everyday life without digitalization and the Internet. Whether it‘s the mobile phone, smart TV, home lighting, or the car – almost everything can now be connected through the Internet and supplied with the latest information, video streams, and updates, or can be opened or controlled...

A meeting of European data center associations took place in Amsterdam on 16 January, including associations from Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, England, Ireland and Scotland

The Blue Angel, which has been awarded to particularly environmentally-friendly products and services since 1978, also has colocation data centers in its sights. The German Federal Environment Agency is currently working with interested experts to develop an appropriate concept. The eco Association welcomes the opportunity for German data center operators to pit energy efficiency as a competitive advantage.