From private CEDs to Cloud Computing: the evolution of data centres has been unstoppable and today the sector’s demand is fuelled by the need for national and community sovereignty, power for AI, and the saturation of digital hubs in the FLAP Cities.
Milan and Lombardy – with their high density of data centres – are the leaders of a second wave of development of large data technology infrastructures, characterised by the growing spread of ‘premium’ data centres, closer to customers with high value-added services.
The data centre sector is becoming increasingly strategic and is also under the spotlight from a regulatory point of view. This is why IDA – Italian Data Centre Association – is working with the Government, playing a key role in contributing to the drafting of a national law that defines data centres as a specific reality, with uniform standards for their design, implementation and management.
These are just some of the macro topics of the extensive article on the Digital Agenda website, which outlines the state of the art of the data centre sector, also from a regulatory point of view.
‘IDA has always been working to achieve its social purpose: to support the development of the data centre sector in Italy, favouring investment through more streamlined processes and at the same time promoting energy efficiency and sustainability, both social and environmental,’ stressed Marco Givonetti, secretary general of the Association.
The full article is available at the following link
