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Marcel Salathé sat down with SDEA president Babak Falsafi – to unpack the growing energy footprint of artificial intelligence.

At this year’s DCW Frankfurt, Matthias Haymoz, operational lead at SDEA, delivered a clear message: Progress begins with transparency.

The rise of generative AI is reshaping our world in significant ways. This surge has led to an extraordinary demand for infrastructure and energy.

The consequences of the datacenter boom in Switzerland: increased water demand, unused waste heat, and rapidly rising electricity consumption.

Images in the style of Studio Ghibli Starter Packs raise very concrete environmental questions. Answers with SDEA president Babak Falsafi.

The Swiss Datacenter Efficiency Association (SDEA) is pleased to announce that its flagship platform, the SDEA Navigator, was selected as a finalist in the category “Data Centre Sustainability Innovation of the Year” at the DCS Awards 2025, held in London on May 22.

On the Datacenter Go-to-Market Podcast, Babak Falsafi, President of SDEA, discusses the challenges of advancing digital platforms, the end of Moore's Law, and the need for efficient datacenter design. He highlights SDEA's efforts to comprehensively measure datacenter efficiency and emissions, particularly for colocation markets.

Portus Data Centers announced its colocation facility in Luxembourg has become the first in the EU to receive the prestigious SDEA Label.

At DCW London, experts, including SDEA president Babak Falsafi, will explore how innovation can help future-proof datacenters.

SDEA board member Martin Casaulta and Martin Hirschvogel (Checkmk) explore how monitoring, AI workloads, and decarbonization are reshaping DC efficiency.