Data centres are estimated to have the fastest growing energy consumption and carbon footprint across the whole ICT sector, mainly due to technological advances such as cloud computing and the rapid growth of the use of Internet services. In the EU, from 2010 to 2018 data centre energy...

Data centres are estimated to have the fastest growing energy consumption and carbon footprint across the whole ICT sector, mainly due to technological advances such as cloud computing and the rapid growth of the use of Internet services. In the EU, from 2010 to 2018 data centre energy...

Data centres are estimated to have the fastest growing energy consumption and carbon footprint across the whole ICT sector, mainly due to technological advances such as cloud computing and the rapid growth of the use of Internet services. In the EU, from 2010 to 2018 data centre energy...

Dieses Discussion Paper ist ein Plädoyer für eine dringend notwendige Perspektivverschiebung: Von der Konzentration der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung auf die im Alltagsleben allgegenwärtigen Plattformen des konsum- und kommunikationsbasierten Internets hin zur Untersuchung der weit...

Information flows, and thus information technology (IT) are central to the structure of firms and markets. Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, we provide firm-level evidence that increases in IT intensity are associated with increases in firm size and concentration in both employment and...

The current rapid digital transformation is characterized by an increase in the generation, use and transmission of data, and IT infrastructure, which in turn leads to an increased energy and resource consumption. Therefore in view of the EU Green Deal and related policy strategies, the digital...

Der Einsatz von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) ist sowohl mit positiven als auch negativen Effekten verbunden. Der negative Nachhaltigkeitsbeitrag besteht z. B. im Ressourcenverbrauch für die Herstellung der einzelnen Komponenten (z. B. Antennen für die Basisstationen des...

Der Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) schafft erstmalig eine EU-einheitliche Regulatorik für operationale Betriebsstabilität. Ziele sind operationale Resilienz, Leistungsfähigkeit und Stabilität. Für Versicherungsunternehmen entstehen dadurch vielfältige neue und umfangreichere...