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Workshop Series: Minimum Performance Standards for Data Centers in the EU

  • ongoing | online

The workshops being held as part of the Data Centre Minimum Performance Standards – EU project aim to work with various stakeholders to develop a solid knowledge base for minimum performance standards and to define appropriate thresholds.More

Workshop series: Making EU data centres more sustainable

  • February - June 2025

As part of the study "Assessment and Reporting System for the Energy Efficiency of Data Centres in the European Union", we are inviting a series of workshops to engage a diverse group of participants from the data centre industry.More

EURAM Annual Conference 2025

Managing with Purpose

  • 22 - 25 June 2025 | University of Florence, Italy

With numerous contributions, researchers from the Borderstep Institute will be represented at EURAM 2025, bringing their in-depth scientific expertise on sustainability-oriented innovation processes, future-proof business models, and systemic transformations into the international discourse.More

Electronics Goes Green 2024+

  • June 18 - 20, 2024 | H4 Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz

Borderstep will present two papers at the conference with current research results from the fields of digitalization and green IT.More

EURAM Annual Conference 2024

  • 25 - 28 June 2024 | University of Bath, UK

The focus of this year's congress is "Fostering innovation to address Grand Challenges". Borderstep Director Prof Dr Klaus Fichter is once again acting as co-chair for the Innovation for Sustainability, Circularity and Green-tech track.More

Edible City Initiatives: How to Engage and Retain Employees and Volunteers

  • October 17, 2023 | 14 - 15.30 pm, ONLINE

A good team creates the foundation needed to build a successful edible city initiative or business. In this workshop, we provide important knowledge on how to develop a successful value proposition as an employer.More

Borderstep Impact Dialog: Impact Business Models – Measure What Matters

Joint STARbowl event of ESCP and Borderstep Institute

  • November 13, 2023 | 6 - 9 pm ESCP | Business School, Berlin

At the event, jointly organized by ESCP Business School Berlin and Borderstep Institute, we shed light on how impact assessment and management can be successfully integrated into the business model development of start-ups with practitioners, academics and policy makers.More

DCESS Workshop

  • September 8, 2023 | 9 am - 13 pm | Online

The interactive workshop is designed to present and validate the results of the EU study "Optimising Synergies Between Data Centres And Energy Systems" (DCESS).More

EURAM Annual Conference 2023

Leading Digital Transformation: Call for Papers

  • June 14 - 16, 2023, Trinity College, Dublin, Irland

The conference brings together the European business community. Borderstep Director Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter is co-chair for the track Innovation for Sustainability, Circularity and Green-tech. Scientists are invited to submit their papers.More

Edible City: Sustainable Entrepreneurship Workshop

Founding an edible city initiative: First steps to kick-start your entrepreneurial journey

  • June 26, 2023 | Online

This workshop is about founding an edible city initiative: First steps to kick-start your entrepreneurial journey.More

Borderstep News

Borderstep develops sustainability label for data centres in the EU – Commission launches call for feedback 07.04.2026

As part of the EUDCEAR project, the Borderstep Institute, in collaboration with partners such as EY and AIT, has developed the first EU-wide sustainability label for data centers. Based on data from Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) reporting and a comprehensive stakeholder dialogue, an innovative assessment system was created that takes local contexts across Europe into account. More

Borderstep expert Dr. Ralph Hintemann on CNN: Data centers and their impact on the local climate 02.04.2026

CNN reports on a recent Cambridge study that examined the rise in land surface temperatures in the vicinity of data centers. Borderstep digitisation experts Dr. Ralph Hintemann and Simon Hinterholzer provide context for the study’s findings. More

Data Digits 11.12.2025

Sometimes a single number tells the whole story – or at least a pretty interesting one. In cooperation with DataCenter-Insider, we highlight standout figures from the world of data centers. More