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aujourd’hui à maturité et vont influencer la société de demain. « On vit pas d’action de développement durable d’ampleur sans le recours au
un moment unique dans l’histoire. On dispose d’une puissance de calcul numérique et dans le même temps le numérique peut s’avérer néfaste
énorme grâce au cloud, les algorithmes arrivent à des résultats, grâce pour l’environnement s’il n’est pas maîtrisé et conçu avec le souci de
à la blockchain, on peut produire de la preuve, de l’authenticité, de la l’éco-responsabilité. » C’est pourquoi selon Frédéric Genta, le Cloud
sécurité, le télétravail se développe, les sources d’énergie se diversifient, Souverain, notamment, doit être « à la fois exemplaire écologiquement
l’hydrogène se développe… Toutes ces technologies vont profondément et contribuer aux actions de progrès environnementales. Monaco Cloud
transformer le monde. » Des cadastres électroniques aux monnaies vise le « zéro carbone » pour 2025. » Après, tout dépendra des usages
virtuelles, en passant par les véhicules autonomes…. « Tout ça aura un de l’Homme.« La technologie fait des prouesses. Le génie humain est
impact monumental sur l’urbanisme. Demain, les véhicules autonomes, capable de trouver des solutions technologiques à tous les problèmes.
s’ils sont répandus et utilisés en autopartage, pour les besoins réels, Aujourd’hui, on fait des data centers de plus en plus efficaces, avec des
pourront réduire de 80% le nombre de voitures dans la rue… » câbles sous-marins qui ne polluent quasiment pas. Mais tout cela est en
permanence dépassé par ce qu’on appelle l’effet rebond. Une nouvelle
Enjeu environnemental technologie crée de nouveaux besoins qui sont tels que la solution
Comment passer au tout numérique quand on sait que les technologies technologique ne permet plus de compenser les effets écologiques »,
numériques mobilisent aujourd’hui 10 % de l’électricité produite dans explique Guillaume Pitron dans son dernier livre « L’Enfer numérique
le monde et rejetteraient près de 4 % des émissions globales de CO2, Voyage au bout d’un like ». Ce qui implique que la meilleure réponse reste
soit un peu moins du double du secteur civil aérien mondial ? « Il est humaine et passe par la sobriété. « On n’a que 24H dans une journée, on
évident que transitions numérique et écologique sont intimement liées : ne peut consommer à l’infini devant un écran… » rappelle Frédéric Genta.

Monaco Invests in its Digital Transition

As Monaco sets its path for the future, the Principality is going digital.

“Now more than ever, digitalisation has become of the economy, financing training, facilities Talking about ‘the digital economy’ is like talking
a critical and strategic subject for every nation. and guidance for Monaco businesses, as well about ‘the electric economy’ today,” he jokes.
This is why my desire is to increase its use within as the development of local e-commerce-style Monaco has taken inspiration from other city-
the Principality, so that it helps my country to platforms, restaurant reservation and payment states that have a head start. Singapore has been
write a new page in its history and become systems, plus the creation of services on the promoting the idea of a smart nation since 2014,
a model nation in terms of digital,” declared sovereign cloud, such as high-performance, the strategy aiming to use new technology to
Prince Albert II when the post-Covid-19 digital secure video conferencing. Since the launch of digitalise public services and to guide citizens
recovery plan was announced in September the plan, nearly 400 companies have received in their daily lives. Singapore’s objective is to
2020 – and with good reason: as Monaco’s financing from the Blue Fund, leading to the become a model digitalised city-state thanks
Chief Digital Transition Officer, Frédéric Genta, creation of over 300 jobs in the digital field. to technological innovation and to extend the
confirms, “We are currently experiencing the Thus, the 20 million invested into the Blue Fund boundaries of the 700 km² territory, home to six
sort of industrial revolution that occurs once is said to have generated over €153 million in million people. The country is positioned as a
every 100 years. Electricity, the steam engine surplus revenue for Monaco businesses. sort of international, life-size laboratory for the
and now digitalisation have shaken – and will city of tomorrow, with advanced experiments
continue to shake – up the way we work, live, Forecasts in autonomous vehicles and ethnic diversity
consume, think, learn and care for ourselves. This In the Monaco of tomorrow, the entirety of the by district and even by building; and, above all,
revolution has been accelerated by Covid-19.” economy as we know it will metamorphose. massive data collection, combined with the
There is a lot at stake for Monaco as it is a The heavyweights of the Principality’s GDP predictive intelligence of big data, is used in all
question of both gaining space and adding value, are going to have to take a turn towards tech: areas to model projects, plan transformations
as Frédéric Genta believes: “We have already Prop-Tech, smart yachting, private banking and and try to offer the most innovative services,
developed all the foundations 5G, fibre, the e-sport. “Archiving and the e-signature will save whether in terms of traffic flow, safety, the
sovereign cloud and digital identity. Monaco companies between 12,000 and 14,000 m², comfort of buses or the location of nurseries.
possesses the infrastructures to succeed in including 6,000 m² for banks. The computing “They set up the infrastructures and welcomed
a digital world and to make the most of the power of our banks doubling in uxembourg is an multinationals like Google and Amazon, as well
industrial revolution we are living through for important argument for the banking sector, which as their cloud power into the territory, which
the Principality’s economy and appeal. No other is very greedy in terms of artificial intelligence. enabled them to become the data centre of
European country has done as much. These This is an asset for Monaco. In an environment Asia. Singapore shines as a smart nation whilst
infrastructures combine to extend our territory, where every millisecond counts, having fibre remaining the second-largest fully-digitalised
which has hitherto been physically limited.” everywhere before the end of 2021, that also port in the world,” explains Frédéric Genta.
One of the flagship measures of the Monégasque counts,” explains Frédéric Genta. What will South orea, Dubai and uxembourg are also
recovery plan was the creation of the digital Blue Monaco’s digital economy look like in 20 or 30 following suit. “As with any industrial revolution,
Fund, in order to accelerate the transformation years? “The digital economy will be the economy. the countries that have been able to ride the

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