00:02Approximately 460 MW of commercial capacity, currently operational, with a qualified project pipeline
00:10of 1,839 MW and an expected overall commercial capacity of approximately 2 GW by
00:172031. An infrastructure investment potential estimated at around 37 billion euros, up to 26,000
00:25full-time employees, including direct, indirect and induced employees, in addition to approximately 20,000
00:31temporary workers employed per year in the development and construction phase throughout the country
00:36national. These and some data released by the Italian Data Center Association on the occasion
00:41of a symposium on the sector. As far as energy is concerned, approximately 97% of electricity
00:48declared by operators comes from low-emission sources, largely renewable.
00:53For water, however, research indicates the evolution towards dry systems, circuits
00:58closed, hybrid configurations and liquid cooling which reduce consumption. Also
01:03Heat recovery is one of the development guidelines for the sustainability of data centers.
01:10The collection of expressions of interest from Italian companies intending to participate is now underway.
01:15participate in the IPCEI, the project of common European interest dedicated to the development of
01:21innovative nuclear technologies. The initiative, jointly promoted by the Ministry of
01:26Businesses and Made in Italy and the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security,
01:31aims to strengthen Italy's role in a strategic sector for Europe's future.
01:36The call for proposals, published by MIMIT, sets December 3rd as the deadline for the submission of proposals.
01:42Expressions of interest. The Castero Department will manage the proposal selection process.
01:47Italian projects in the various phases, up to formal notification to the European Commission.
01:52IPCEIs are important projects of common European interest. Collaborative initiatives
01:57large-scale industrial projects bring together knowledge, skills, financial resources and economic actors
02:03across the European Union, to achieve radical innovation and high-level objectives
02:08technological and productive relevance. The European Commission is stepping up its support for technological and productive capabilities.
02:16of the Member States in the field of counter-drone warfare, making available an additional 130 million
02:22The new funding is part of the EU's efforts to strengthen border surveillance.
02:27and improve the ability to respond to new security threats. The overall endowment
02:33available under the Home Affairs Fund for surveillance technologies beyond
02:38thus the half billion euros. The funding will enable Member States to develop
02:44knowledge of the situation on the ground, better protect the external borders and make
02:48address the risks associated with the unauthorized or unauthorized use of drones. The initiative complements the funding
02:54already available under the European Defence Fund, intended for advanced technologies
03:00in the drone and anti-drone sector. And what if in the future a wearable device could
03:07Can we extract useful information about our health from sweat? This is the perspective they are working on.
03:13the researcher of the Sensing Technologies Laboratory of the Free University of Bolzano, where they are
03:19flexible sensors developed capable of detecting biomarkers present in sweat even at high concentrations
03:25very low. One of the ongoing projects on this topic has developed a sensor to detect
03:30at the same time two cytokines, interleukin 6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha, associated
03:37to various pathological conditions of the organism, such as sepsis, cancer, COVID-19, and Parkinson's disease.
03:43The industry uses carbon-based electrodes uncorked on a flexible backing, a solution
03:49relatively inexpensive and scalable designed to fit the body surface and in
03:54prospect to be integrated into a wearable device.
