TOWARDS OUR DIGITAL FUTURE
It’s time for a better political debate on data centers in Europe.
Our perspective
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.
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 is a European think-and-do-tank focusing 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