Big data

Italy is defining a sustainable digital future, getting ahead of Europe with innovative laws on data centers. Regulations, like Lombardy's regional law and a national framework bill, mandate closed-loop cooling and heat recovery, turning them into resources.

Pavel Durov promises Telegram will never scan messages. The European Parliament has reopened the path to Chat Control. A mechanism advancing step by step, between the temporary and the permanent.

Every click, GPS movement and online purchase feeds a billion-dollar predictive market. Companies don't sell you — they sell the ability to predict what you'll do next. And AI is hungry.

In Val di Non (Italy), Tactor launches as Europe's first data center inside an active mine. Supercomputing, AI and digital sovereignty at 100 metres underground, with natural free cooling for 75% of the year.

The introduction of high-resolution body scanners in non-hospital settings promises rapid preventive diagnoses, AI models for personalised healthcare and new data streams, but raises serious questions about privacy, bias and regulation.

SpaceX goes public with a $75 billion IPO and a $1.77 trillion valuation. But Elon Musk's real ambition stretches far beyond rockets: orbital data centers, lunar factories, and the infrastructure of tomorrow's artificial intelligence.

Digital Realty’s ZUR2 data center in Zurich has earned the very first PLATINUM Plus certification ever awarded by the Swiss Datacenter Efficiency Association (SDEA), establishing a worldwide benchmark for operational efficiency and sustainability in the industry.