AI and quantum computing require robust data centre infrastructure, stated eco Chair of the Board Oliver Süme at the start of the 2024 Digital Summit.

Klaus Landefeld, Chair of the Board of eco – Association of the Internet Industry, comments on the progress report on the Gigabit Strategy presented today by the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV): "With the amendment of the Telecommunications Act and the adoption of a Gigabit Strategy, policymakers...

AI is THE technology trend of 2024 – that’s the consensus among IT decision-makers in Germany. Earlier this year, a representative survey commissioned by eco – Association of the Internet Industry revealed that almost three-quarters of respondents (73.6 per cent) see AI as the most important driver of digital innovation. It is clear that AI, quantum computing and other digital technological innovations will fundamentally change our world in all areas over the next decade.

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 cooperation with EuroISPA and Whalebone we invite you to this introduction to the DNS4EU project. DNS4EU will be implemented in multiple phases spanning a duration of 3 years, with January 2024 marking the halfway point. In the webinar we will discuss the goals of the project, the members, progress, impact on the ISP sector and the application of EU legislation with the necessary content filtering.

The Impact of the NIS2 Directive’s Article 28 on the DNS Industry Report from the workshop at ICANN78 in Hamburg, 20 October 2023 The NIS2 Directive The European Union took a significant step towards strengthening cybersecurity in 2016 with the introduction of the Network and Information Security Directive...

Associations in Germany are calling for improvements in the conditions for network rollout. Today the Gigabit Symposium – organised by ANGA, Bitkom, BREKO, BUGLAS, eco and VATM – is reviewing the situation together with politicians and the industry, with the current German federal government now two years in action. The important EU level groundwork is also under discussion.

The Internet Service Provider & Connectivity Provider Constituency (ISPCP) invites you to discuss current issues of EU regulation at the ISPCP outreach event on Tuesday 24 October at ICANN78 in Hamburg.

In presenting the German Digital Strategy a year ago, the German federal government's aim was to create a digital awakening. However, a year into the Digital Strategy, the majority of the population in Germany believes that the federal government has not yet made much progress in the area of digital transformation. This has been displayed by a recent representative survey conducted by the market and opinion research institute Civey on behalf of eco Association.

eco Board Member for Infrastructure and Networks Klaus Landefeld comments on the present draft bill of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior for the transposition of the European NIS2 Directive.