AI is not exhausting our energy systems because it computes too much, but because digital infrastructure still wastes energy on heat, resistance and cooling. Photonics offers a structural way out.
Green Future
Exploring solutions for a sustainable planet, blending innovation, policy, and environmental stewardship.
Healthcare is becoming increasingly electronic. From wearable sensors and smart patches to remote diagnostics and continuous monitoring, digital technologies now sit directly on the human body — sometimes even inside it. These innovations promise earlier detection, better outcomes and more personalised care. Yet beneath this progress lies a growing contradiction.
Europe’s conversation about artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly mature. We debate regulation, ethics, sovereignty and competitiveness. We compare ecosystems, discuss talent shortages and measure ourselves against the United States and China.
Nebius emerged quietly, almost unexpectedly, as one of Europe’s most strategic AI-infrastructure players. Its corporate home in Amsterdam–Schiphol Rijk gives it a European identity, but its operations stretch far beyond Dutch borders. Born from the international restructuring of Yandex in 2024, Nebius now positions itself as an independent global technology group, building cloud systems designed not for traditional enterprise workloads, but for intensive AI training and high-performance computing.
Germany’s AI ambitions are shaped as much by infrastructure as by research, industry or policy. Datacenters, energy supply and high-performance computing form the essential backbone for AI deployment, yet they also introduce constraints that influence where, how and how quickly AI capabilities can scale. Ambition alone cannot overcome the realities of electricity grids, cooling requirements and permitting processes.
Across Europe, quiet financial giants shape the future in ways that rarely make headlines. Together, European pension funds manage over €15 trillion in assets — more than the combined GDP of Germany, France and Italy. While most people see them as distant stewards of retirement savings, they may in fact hold one of the most powerful keys to Europe’s green transition.
