What is GreenDIGIT
Lowering the environmental impact of digital services and technologies has to become a priority for both the operation of existing digital services and the design of future digital infrastructures. Energy consumption and carbon footprint are the two most talked about environmental impacts, and indeed, digital infrastructures today contribute 3 to 4% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the world, with a growth of 8% per year. In particular, the part of the networking infrastructure alone is responsible for 2 to 14% of digital impacts, mainly due to their electricity consumption.
The GreenDIGIT project will approach the problem of reducing the environmental impact of Research Infrastructures (RIs) from the generic conceptual point of view by addressing all major factors that define and influence the RI environmental and climate impact.
Who we are
GreenDIGIT was initiated by 4 Digital Infrastructures to address vital needs of the future ESFRI Research Infrastructures and other digital service providers for science in lowering energy consumption and environmental impact:
- EGI: Open Ecosystem for Research and Innovation and Advanced Computing Services for Research.
- SoBigData: distributed, Pan-European, multi-disciplinary research infrastructure aimed at social mining and Big Data to understand the complexity of our interconnected society.
- SLICES: A distributed Research Infrastructure to support large-scale experimental research on Digital Technologies.
- EBRAINS: A digital research infrastructure for brain science and brain-inspired technology.
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GreenDIGIT 4th Newsletter Published: Diving into the Environmental Impact Metric Publication System (EIMPS)
We are thrilled to announce the publication of the 4th Edition of the GreenDIGIT Newsletter, dedicated entirely to one of ...
Wattnet Recognized with Best Student Talk Award at SC4RC
Geneva, Switzerland 04-08/05/2026 The integration of environmental sustainability into research computing took center stage at the Sustainable Computing for Research ...
GreenDIGIT’s Interactive Session at SC4RC
This week, the GreenDIGIT team had the privilege of contributing to the SC4RC conference (sc4rc.org), held at CERN, Geneva. It ...
GreenDIGIT’s exhibition presence at Privacy Symposium
Last week, GreenDIGIT was present at the @Privacy Symposium, an international conference held from 20 to 24 April, dedicated to ...
LAST CALL: Registration for the GreenDIGIT ECML-PKDD Challenge Closes Tomorrow!
Time is running out to join the GreenDIGIT-ECML PKDD 2026 Challenge. If you want to put your ML skills to ...
GreenDIGIT Mid-Term All Hands Meeting
From 30 September to 1 October, the GreenDIGIT consortium gathered in Budapest for our Mid-Term All Hands Meeting—a key milestone ...
New White Paper: Digital Research Infrastructure Lifecycle Model
Great news!!! A new white paper has been released, introducing a comprehensive Digital Research Infrastructure Lifecycle Model. The paper provides ...
GreenDIGIT’s presentation at e-IRG2025
GreenDIGIT was featured at e-IRG2025 with a presentation titled “Artificial Intelligence and Environmental Sustainability: The GreenDIGIT Perspective.“, given by Dr. ...
