NEWS
New Swiss Data Center Label to decarbonise
nationwide digital infrastructure
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t the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, an alliance of
academia and industry representatives announced the Swiss
Data Center Efficiency Label with the initial goal to decarbonise data
centres in Switzerland and significantly reduce their overall energy
consumption. Initiated by industry association, digitalswitzerland,
and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), the alliance has founded the
Swiss Datacenter Efficiency Association (SDEA), which will own the
assessment and award process for the label.
Founding members of SDEA include: École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne (EPFL); Green IT Switzerland; HPE; the Lucerne
University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU); the Swiss Data
Center Association (Vigiswiss); and the Swiss Telecommunications
Association (ASUT). The initiative is supported by the Swiss Federal
Office of Energy through the programme, SwissEnergy.
A total of 10 pilot users including some of the world’s most
renowned brands implemented energy-efficient technologies and
procedures to achieve compliance with the criteria of the Swiss Data
Center Efficiency Label. This led to energy savings of up to 70%,
with five of the pilot users employing 100% carbon-neutral energy
sources. The Canton of Geneva plans to include some of the key
requirements of the label into its next energy-efficiency law as a
basis for the construction of new data centres. The goal is to drive
adoption across Switzerland and the label will also be presented to
the European Commission and the United Nations in an effort to
leverage the Swiss model for global impact.
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Nokia has been selected by Orange France to
evolve its mobile access network towards 5G
B
uilding on its existing market share and
long history with Orange, Nokia will
provide Orange, for a broad part of France,
with a range of products and services from
its end-to-end 5G portfolio, including Single
Radio Access Network (RAN) technology,
advanced automation tools, a state-of-
the-art network management solution and
associated professional services.
The infrastructure investment will allow
Orange France to significantly improve
customer experience, boost network
capacity, enable further automation and
create new innovative services that require
ultra-high bandwidth and low latency. The
new network will provide improved mobile
broadband services as well as allow Orange
to provide ultra-low latency applications in
areas such as Industrial IoT (IIoT), health,
public safety, among others.
Nokia will initially support Orange’s 5G
commercial launch by enabling the rollout
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of its state-of-the-art SRAN network to 5G
through software upgrades, streamlining the
initial steps to build 5G. It will also introduce
5G New Radio (5G NR)-based AirScale
hardware, and software for the new 5G
frequency bands.
Fabienne Dulac, Deputy Chief Executive
Officer and CEO of Orange France, said: “For
Orange, the deployment of 5G represents
a huge challenge and is one of the main
priorities of our Engage 2025 strategic
plan. We are delighted to be pursuing our
partnership with Nokia, a key long-term
partner, in order to develop a powerful
and innovative 5G network. 5G will enable
the development of new use-cases and
new services, and will provide an enriched
experience for our customers – both in the
consumer and business segments. Through
this agreement, Orange reaffirms its
ambition to being network leader.”
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