Event recording and report now available: EU–China workshop on green ICT

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The EU–China Workshop on Green ICT, organised by the InDiCo Global project and the SESEC project, aims to foster dialogue and exchange between European and Chinese stakeholders on the development and implementation of technical standards and KPIs for Green ICT. Bringing together representatives from standards organisations, industry, technical communities and public authorities, the workshop will explore policy and standardisation roadmaps, technical approaches in areas such as energy efficiency in 5G and 6G infrastructure, data centre sustainability, ICT lifecycle assessment and eco-design and discuss how policy objectives can be effectively translated into technical standards. The event seeks to strengthen mutual understanding and identify opportunities for future EU–China cooperation in Green ICT standardisation.

On 15 June 2026, InDiCo-Global, in collaboration with SESEC, hosted a hybrid workshop bringing together standards experts, industry representatives, and public authorities from Europe and China to discuss the future of Green ICT standardisation. The full event recording and a detailed report are now available for anyone who attended or missed the session.

What the workshop covered

Over three sessions, speakers from ETSI, CEN, CENELEC, ITU-T, CAICT, Nokia, BT Group, China Electronics Standardisation Institute, and other organisations addressed technical standardisation roadmaps for Green ICT in Europe and China, energy efficiency in 5G and 6G infrastructure, sustainability and eco-design of ICT products, and power consumption management for data centres. A closing panel discussion, moderated by Marcello Pagnozzi (ETSI), brought these threads together around a central question: how do policy objectives translate into testable technical standards?

Key takeaways

  • Green ICT needs to be built in at the design stage, not added retrospectively, on both continents.
  • Aligning KPIs and measurement methodologies across standards organisations is the most pressing technical gap to close.
  • Data centres are increasingly expected to act as flexible, responsive participants in the electrical grid rather than static loads.
  • China’s national green data centre standard, GB/T 44989-2024, is already producing measurable results, including 306 certified facilities and an average PUE of 1.25.
  • Speakers from both regions proposed concrete next steps for cooperation, including mutual recognition of testing and certification, joint work on carbon accounting methodologies, and pilot projects to test existing international standards across regional contexts.

The full event recording is available here:

For a detailed account of every session and the panel discussion, download the full event report:

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