Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen people talk about “the cloud”, it sounds weightless, something almost magical floating in the sky. Except that it isn’t. It lives on the ground, in data centres filled with servers that store, process and move staggering amounts of information every second. These data centres consume energy, occupy land, use metals and minerals from global supply chains – and they need vast amounts of water for cooling.
Where next for Europe’s “left-behind places”?
Reading Time: 3 minutesA place-based approach will support regions to realise their aspirations of no longer being left behind. But what is that and how should they do it?
