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In a world where the internet is central to everything we do, millions are still left behind. The Solar Community Hubs are changing that dynamic. 🌐 Having access to internet connectivity, technology, and digital skills opens the door to education, healthcare, and financial sustainability through the services we offer. 💡 On #GivingTuesday, I chose to support the Solar Community Hubs and help bring access to technology and skills to communities everywhere. 🌍💻 You can learn more 📚 https://lnkd.in/gZCbP5Rw Or if you want to help further 🤝 https://lnkd.in/gDNvnTvK #iwork4dell #givingtuesday #digitalinclusion

Interesting read on the merger of big tech with utilities. The need for more and better data from the power grid is driving the growth of communications networks. Now is the time for utilities to take a step towards a complete communications strategy. As the grid evolves, the data required to operate it efficiently and reliably depends on communications and a network capable of providing this data in real-time. It requires PLTE to accomplish these goals! #utilities #bigtech #communications #networks #data #PLTE

A very interesting and direct article by Peter Judge highlights community pushback on multi-megawatt / #hyperscale data centre projects in the #USA & #UK. While #community engagement is the primary point of the article, I’d suggest it also has a lot to do with communities understanding the very real impact on the energy grid (1000MW… what’s the impact on other industries), rubbery financial benefits to the community ($billions… really?), and 160 diesel generators at a site (fuel storage would be immense and would require fuel tankers queued up in the streets to refill them should they need to be run in an emergency.. and would it impede hospitals getting fuel in emergency situations?). Not to mention the impact on telco networks, #internet traffic and further centralisation of a skilled workforce. #governments need to take note, bigger might sound better - but consider how smaller, right-sized, distributed #edge data centres offer lower impact on parts of the grid (can even possibly take more advantage of renewables), distributes and retains skilled technology people and their families, and if we’re honest is more financially realistic in returning value to communities, local councils and States being part of the digital economy. Finally, let’s consider the question, where is the money ($billions as quoted in financial benefits) coming from? Other parts of the IT sector, businesses, consumers, government? #Australia #EMEA #APAC #NZ #energy #digitaleconomy #protectededge Oper8 Global #edgecomputing #edgedatacenter

It depends. If you are measuring homes/businesses passed then use fiber. If you are measuring delivery of broadband to citizens then focus on wireless for the last mile. Wireless will certainly address the digital divide more comprehensively.

Cordiant Capital CEO and managing partner Benn Mikula provides insight into the evolving landscape of digital infrastructure, underlining the significant impact of social and technological changes. Through Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Ltd (LSE:CORD), Cordiant Capital invests in the essential components of the internet’s infrastructure, including fibre optic cabling, mobile towers, and data centres, which Mikula describes as the internet's "plumbing". These elements are integral to the transmission of data across an international network. Despite the complex and energy-intensive nature of this infrastructure, it facilitates global communication, exemplified by the potential routing of the interview through a data centre in New York. Mikula highlights several trends affecting digital infrastructure: the need for expansion due to network congestion and regulatory impacts, the installation of 5G technology... Watch at #Proactive #ProactiveInvestors http://ow.ly/mgwp105pva6

The California Public Utilities Commission is on the brink of deciding how to allocate $1.86 billion in federal funds to bridge the digital divide. While fiber is a powerful broadband delivery method, the state's current focus on it might fall short. It's worth considering a "standards-based, technology-agnostic" approach, exploring the potential of emerging fixed-wireless technologies. #DigitalDivide #TechAccess #California #InternetConnectivity

“#Divided opinions and different contexts are a threat to the speed, scalability, and efficiency of the #InfrastructureTransition”, says Siemens Chief Technology Officer @Thomas Kiessling in an interview with Antonio Santos on the Siemens Infrastructure Infrastructure Transition Monitor. 🏦 🌎 All the countries, businesses, and citizens of the world entered this era of transition from different starting points, with unequal resources, diverse philosophies, and specific #challenges. As a result, we now see many different transition speeds and pathways toward smarter infrastructure. Watch the full video interview to learn how to overcome the #GreatDivide: https://sie.ag/2dSH8Z

“#Divided opinions and different contexts are a threat to the speed, scalability, and efficiency of the #InfrastructureTransition”, says Siemens Chief Technology Officer @Thomas Kiessling in an interview with Antonio Santos on the Siemens Infrastructure Infrastructure Transition Monitor. 🏦 🌎 All the countries, businesses, and citizens of the world entered this era of transition from different starting points, with unequal resources, diverse philosophies, and specific #challenges. As a result, we now see many different transition speeds and pathways toward smarter infrastructure. Watch the full video interview to learn how to overcome the #GreatDivide: https://sie.ag/2dSH8Z

“#Divided opinions and different contexts are a threat to the speed, scalability, and efficiency of the #InfrastructureTransition”, says Siemens Chief Technology Officer @Thomas Kiessling in an interview with Antonio Santos on the Siemens Infrastructure Infrastructure Transition Monitor. 🏦 🌎 All the countries, businesses, and citizens of the world entered this era of transition from different starting points, with unequal resources, diverse philosophies, and specific #challenges. As a result, we now see many different transition speeds and pathways toward smarter infrastructure. Watch the full video interview to learn how to overcome the #GreatDivide: https://sie.ag/2dSH8Z

"The EU is set to benefit from an acceleration of smart city initiatives in the coming years as these network infrastructure investments pick up, affecting cities, network operators and technology specialists. In building out digital infrastructure capacity, grant recipients will offer insight into the emerging role 5G will play in connected communities."   Check out the latest on EU funding for #5G, #fibergateways and #connectedcommunities from Natalie Colakides and I.