TOWARD OUR DIGITAL FUTURE
Leitmotiv is a think-and-do tank for an alternative digital economy.
We submitted a detailed response to a call for evidence by the European Commission for an EU Cloud and AI Development Act.
The initiative assumes that Europe has to triple its data center capacity within the next 5-7 years. We challenge those assumptions, propose a concrete set of workable policy interventions that would enable fair and robust competition on digital infrastructure markets and warn about the significant environmental and social effects of expanding Europe's data center capacity.
We submitted a detailed response to a call for evidence by the European Commission for an EU Cloud and AI Development Act.
The initiative assumes that Europe has to triple its data center capacity within the next 5-7 years. We challenge those assumptions, propose a concrete set of workable policy interventions that would enable fair and robust competition on digital infrastructure markets and warn about the significant environmental and social effects of expanding Europe's data center capacity.
We submitted a detailed response to a call for evidence by the European Commission for an EU Cloud and AI Development Act.
The initiative assumes that Europe has to triple its data center capacity within the next 5-7 years. We challenge those assumptions, propose a concrete set of workable policy interventions that would enable fair and robust competition on digital infrastructure markets and warn about the significant environmental and social effects of expanding Europe's data center capacity.
Creating an evidence dashboard on the resource use and impact of data centers.
We are working on collecting evidence to show the actual contribution of data centers to energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, e-waste and water use and visualizing these impacts via an online dashboard. The dashboard will also reveal the gaps in our collective knowledge of the environmental externalities of data centers. Much more transparency is needed to expose the environmental harms of data centers.
Creating an evidence dashboard on the resource use and impact of data centers.
We are working on collecting evidence to show the actual contribution of data centers to energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, e-waste and water use and visualizing these impacts via an online dashboard. The dashboard will also reveal the gaps in our collective knowledge of the environmental externalities of data centers. Much more transparency is needed to expose the environmental harms of data centers.
Creating an evidence dashboard on the resource use and impact of data centers.
We are working on collecting evidence to show the actual contribution of data centers to energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, e-waste and water use and visualizing these impacts via an online dashboard. The dashboard will also reveal the gaps in our collective knowledge of the environmental externalities of data centers. Much more transparency is needed to expose the environmental harms of data centers.
Are Big Tech and data centers investments really green?
Many investment funds contain stocks of Big Tech corporations and co-location companies with a big data center footprint. These data centers contribute to climate change and other environmental impacts. We are undertaking research to support strategic litigation together with a legal NGO to address labeling such investment funds as 'green'.
Are Big Tech and data centers investments really green?
Many investment funds contain stocks of Big Tech corporations and co-location companies with a big data center footprint. These data centers contribute to climate change and other environmental impacts. We are undertaking research to support strategic litigation together with a legal NGO to address labeling such investment funds as 'green'.
Are Big Tech and data centers investments really green?
Many investment funds contain stocks of Big Tech corporations and co-location companies with a big data center footprint. These data centers contribute to climate change and other environmental impacts. We are undertaking research to support strategic litigation together with a legal NGO to address labeling such investment funds as 'green'.
Our perspective
Our digital economy is
broken.
Our digital economy is
broken.
Our digital economy is
broken.
The AI boom has sparked an unprecedented build-out of digital infrastructure that consumes vast amounts of resources while contributing to climate change, pollution, and grid congestion.
The AI boom has sparked an unprecedented build-out of digital infrastructure that consumes vast amounts of resources while contributing to climate change, pollution, and grid congestion.
The AI boom has sparked an unprecedented build-out of digital infrastructure that consumes vast amounts of resources while contributing to climate change, pollution, and grid congestion.
A handful of extremely powerful corporations dominate the supply chain of the digital economy from chip production to cloud services and beyond.
A handful of extremely powerful corporations dominate the supply chain of the digital economy from chip production to cloud services and beyond.
A handful of extremely powerful corporations dominate the supply chain of the digital economy from chip production to cloud services and beyond.
And the benefits of digitalization - that were believed to be manifold and democratically shared a mere decade ago - appear to be captured mostly by a new tech elite and their political allies.
Our 'Leitmotiv' is to promote an alternative digital economy that operates within planetary boundaries and where the benefits of digitalization are shared equitably and democratically .
Leitmotiv focuses on research that can help reshape the digital economy. Our research is meant to contribute to legal advocacy and strategic litigation. We aim to support an active community of NGOs, grassroots activists, donors, and others in civil society in various regions of the world
Leitmotiv focuses on research that can help reshape the digital economy. Our research is meant to contribute to legal advocacy and strategic litigation. We aim to support an active community of NGOs, grassroots activists, donors, and others in civil society in various regions of the world
Leitmotiv focuses on research that can help reshape the digital economy. Our research is meant to contribute to legal advocacy and strategic litigation. We aim to support an active community of NGOs, grassroots activists, donors, and others in civil society in various regions of the world
