The European Union's announcement of the Green Deal at the end of 2019 committed the industry to reach carbon neutrality by 2030, which triggered a major response from European cloud and data center operators, including AWS, Google and Equinix, who banded together to sign the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact. But is this self-regulating agreement transparent and far-reaching enough? How does the Green Deal impact data center operations in this decade & beyond? and how will future capacity requirements fit with the transition to a low carbon economy?

In this fireside chat, Manuel Mateo Goyet, Deputy Head of Unit - Cloud and Software, DG Connect, European Commission will speak with George Rockett and make clear the role of digital infrastructure to the European Green Deal.