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wave from the start, by equipping themselves
with computing power, connectivity, brains and
skills, will have taken an exceptional lead. In 10
to15 years, economic supremacy will depend on
the decisions that are taken now,” assess Frédéric
Genta, according to whom many technologies
are reaching maturity today and will influence the
society of tomorrow. “We are living at a unique
moment in history: we have enormous computing
power thanks to the cloud; the algorithms
achieve results, thanks to the blockchain;
we can produce proof, authenticity, security;
teleworking is developing; energy sources are
diversifying and hydrogen is developing. All of
these technologies will profoundly transform
the world.” From electronic land registries to
virtual currencies and autonomous vehicles,
“all of this will have a monumental impact on S’AGRANDIT
town planning. Tomorrow, self-driving vehicles,
if they are widespread and used in car sharing
for real needs, will be able to reduce the number
of cars on the street by 80%.”

Environmental stakes 235 COLLABORATEURS
How can we go completely digital when we Sportifs, gourmands, festifs mais aussi
know that digital technologies now use 10% experts du numérique !
of the electricity produced in the world and
account for nearly 4% of global CO² emissions,
slightly less than double the global civil aviation
sector? “It is obvious that digital and ecological 1600 M² DE BUREAUX
transitions are intimately linked: there can be
no large-scale sustainable development action EN PRINCIPAUTÉ
without recourse to digital technology and, at Au 4ème et 5ème étage du Copori
the same time, digital technology can be harmful
for the environment if it is not not mastered and
designed with concern for eco-responsibility. “This
is why, according to Frédéric Genta, the sovereign 3 AGENCES EN FRANCE
cloud, in particular, must be “both environmentally
exemplary and contribute to environmental A Paris, Sophia-Antipolis et Aix-en-Provence
progress actions. Monaco Cloud is aiming for
zero carbon by 2025.” After that, everything will
depend on how humans use it: “The technology
is doing great things. Human genius is capable

of finding technological solutions to all problems.

Today, we are building more and more efficient
data centres, with under sea cables that hardly
pollute; but all of this is constantly overtaken
by what is called the rebound effect - a new
technology creates new needs which are such
that the technological solution no longer makes
it possible to compensate for the ecological
effects,” explains Guillaume Pitron in his latest
book, ’Enfer Numérique: oyage au bout d’un ike,
implying that the best answer remains human and
based on good sense. “We only have 24 hours in
a day, so we cannot consume endlessly in front © grandeduc
of a screen,” Frédéric Genta points out.
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