Data centres are the first building block in digital sustainability
Digital technology, a vector of growth, jobs and new models, is changing the economic landscape of our sectors of activity. From home to work, from the company to the city and public services, new digital tools have become essential to our daily lives. Considered as being excellent levers for improving our organisations with projects such as smart grids, connected objects, the economy of functionality, information systems consume resources, but they also contribute widely and actively to the reduction of energy consumption and CO2 emissions from digital technology. As the first building block in these information systems, Data Centres are essential infrastructures for developing our digital services. They are also key players in ensuring the sustainable growth of the digital sector. GIMELEC and France Datacenter have published this brochure and video to explain the economic and environmental role of data centres, the real backbone of digital technology.