The collection, storage and sharing of data has an increasingly central role in several aspects of our lives, from our health to industrial production and private consumption. To unlock the value of data for the benefit of Europe’s economy and society, the European strategy for data has developed the data quality and utility standard for HealthData@EU and the supporting material for its implementation, including: specification, which would allow data users to provide a factual assessment of the technical quality of a dataset once accessed and used, in a specific research or innovation query. project, funded under Horizon Europe Cluster 4: Industry and International Data Spaces; spanning different production types. project, funded under Connecting Europe Facility: Digital, developed the concept of cross-border Operational Digital Platforms (ODPs) to improve how energy and transport systems exchange data and coordinate their operations. Building on existing and emerging European data, cloud, edge computing and connectivity infrastructures, BEGONIA explored new approaches to interoperability and standardisation across sectors and EU countries.

The project’s ‘Digitalisation of data centres’ use case demonstrated how data centres can evolve from mainly being passive energy consumers into more flexible and integrated elements of the energy system. By enabling secure data exchange between data centre operators, grid operators, renewable energy providers and district heating networks, the ODP approach supports better monitoring, optimisation and coordination of energy use. The use case also explored how workload management, energy storage and waste heat reuse can contribute to more efficient and sustainable data centre operations, helping digital infrastructure play an active role in the energy transition.

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