Policy & Law

Police Software in Hessen and Hamburg: eco Association Welcomes Ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court

eco Association welcomes the decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court regarding software data analysis undertaken by the police in Hessen and Hamburg. The court has declared the regulations on automated data analysis to be unconstitutional.

date 2023/02/20

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eco Alliance Critical of New Blue Angel Directive for Data Centres as Impractical 

The Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, initiated by the eco Association, denounces the Blue Angel guideline revisions planned by the German Environment Agency (UBA) as still unsuitable and impractical. Dr Béla Waldhauser, spokesperson of the Alliance for Strengthening Digital Infrastructures in Germany, comments.

date 2023/02/09

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KRITIS Umbrella Act: eco calls for a sensible regulation with a sense of proportion

German Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser intends to encourage the companies involved in critical infrastructures (KRITIS) in Germany to adopt uniform protection standards.

date 2022/12/06

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Associations’ Perspectives for a Sustainable Data Centre Industry: eco, bitkom and GDA Publish Joint Position Paper

eco, bitkom and the German Datacenter Association (GDA) have published a joint position paper for a sustainable German data centre industry by 2030. In the course of an impending energy crisis, the three associations call for data centres to be recognised as system-relevant IT infrastructures, regardless of their size, and to be prioritised accordingly in the event of supply shortages.

date 2022/10/12

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eco Alliance on the Energy Crisis: Waste heat from data centres offers great potential, but no alternative to Russian gas in the short term

Heating via the Internet – the utilisation of waste heat from data centres makes it possible. If the heat generated by data centres was used on a consistent basis, large cities in Germany could be heated in a CO2-neutral capacity in the long term.

date 2022/08/01

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German Federal Council Votes in Favour of Basic Internet Provision

In its most recent session, the German Bundesrat gave the green light for a nationwide minimum speed of 10 megabits per second. This corresponds to the requirements issued by the German Federal Network Agency for the so-called minimum Internet provision.

date 2022/06/14

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Datacenter

eco Alliance Spokesperson Dr Béla Waldhauser joins the Board of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact

Dr. Béla Waldhauser, spokesperson for the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, founded under the umbrella of eco – Association of the Internet Industry, is a new member of the Board of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, a European self-regulatory initiative under whose umbrella leading data centre operators and associations joined forces last year.

date 2022/05/06

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How to achieve green sustainability goals for the Data Center...

As the basic infrastructures of digitalization, powerful data centres in addition to a broadband infrastructure have a significant impact on current and future economic development and provide the basis for the highly expected additional value added potential through digitalization.

date 2022/02/22 placeOnline

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Policy & Law

Digital Policy 2021 Annual Review by Alexander Rabe, Managing Director eco - Association of the Internet Industry

As another Covid year draws to a close, let’s take the opportunity to review the digital policy highlights of this year! To begin with the brightest news of the year: In these Covid times, digital infrastructures, digital technologies and digital applications have kept things up and running, thereby contributing to combatting the pandemic by switching physical contacts to the virtual.

date 2021/12/21

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eco Alliance on the German Coalition Agreement: Sustainable Digital Infrastructures Require Renewable Energies

For the first time in Germany, we have a coalition agreement which features a close link between the topics of digitalisation and sustainability, with this agreement presented by the SPD, Bündnis 90/The Greens and the FDP on Wednesday, 24 November 2021.

date 2021/11/29

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