In the “Sustainability & Green Data Centers” category, firstcolo prevails with its FRA7 blueprint project, a sustainable, AI-ready data center being built in Rosbach vor der Höhe.
The power grids have long been overloaded: The gap between the increasing energy demand due to digitization and Germany’s faltering grid expansion continues to widen.
Jerome Evans, founder and managing director of firstcolo GmbH, on the problem that despite GDPR, European data is not protected from access by US authorities when using US cloud providers.
Cloud environments offer many advantages. However, they also require targeted risk management that encompasses internal and external measures and clearly defines responsibilities.
While the energy shortage in Germany intensifies and many industries reduce their capacities, data centers are investing in sustainability.
New location of firstcolo GmbH in Rosbach vor der Höhe with a total investment of 250 million euros in 11,555 square meters and a total capacity of 24 MW.
Jerome Evans is collecting donations for the construction of a hospital in Ghana. The new clinic is intended to improve healthcare in a remote region.
The responsibility for old data centers offers opportunities: reuse, recycling, and repurposing promote sustainable and value-added resource use.
Challenge and Opportunity: The planning of a new data center should already be a starting point to design data centers efficiently, sustainably, and in compliance with the energy transition.
Data centers are the central infrastructure of the intelligent city – they process and analyze data to optimize the efficiency and functionality of urban systems.