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Digitalisation that lasts: what Bad Belzig can show other municipalities
Smaller municipalities such as Bad Belzig are using programmes like the Model Projects Smart Cities competition to actively shape digital development and test their own solutions for urban development, administration and essential public services. If this is to become...
Saxony: new funding component for research and development projects in critical technologies
The availability of critical technologies is a key factor in reducing or preventing the European Union’s strategic dependencies. The EU is therefore specifically seeking to strengthen the development of expertise within Europe in the field of critical technologies....
Thinking about data centres from a municipal perspective: from site concept to implementation
Data centres are becoming an important component of municipal digital and location policy. However, the path from an initial site concept to an investable project is complex. Municipal utilities can bring key interfaces together – and help shape viable, accepted...
#FitFürGigabit workshop series
In 2026, we are continuing our established #FitFürGigabit workshop series and will keep providing practical support for the implementation of publicly funded fibre-optic rollout. In September, we invite you to join our in-person workshops at aconium GmbH’s...
Municipal heat transition between the funding landscape and capital markets
How fund structures can mobilise institutional capital for heat networks The municipal heat transition is one of Germany’s largest infrastructure tasks. Driven by municipal heat planning, the decarbonisation of buildings and the transformation of industrial process...
Data centres as a strategic location factor: thinking about municipal infrastructure strategically
Data centres have become a central element of digital infrastructure. They enable cloud services, artificial intelligence, data-driven administration and economic innovation; larger facilities may also be classified as critical infrastructure. For cities,...
Resilience: a compass for the future challenges facing municipalities
Tight budgets, growing expectations, staff shortages, the tangible impacts of climate change and the pressure to digitalise: anyone responsible for a municipality or city currently has to address these issues in parallel – not one after another. Most of these future...
When networks and hydrogen become a competitive edge for industrial locations
Approval backlogs, skills shortages, outdated networks: criticism of Germany’s infrastructure is familiar – and yet it tells only half the story. Alongside these structural challenges, a practice-oriented research landscape is emerging in Germany that shows how...
BREKO fiberdays 2026: From resilience to AI
The BREKO fiberdays 2026 made it clear that fibre optics is far more than just a technical expansion target. Digital infrastructure has become a cross-cutting task: it links economic development, administration, the data economy, innovation capacity and social...
Energy and heating self-sufficiency for Rügen: prospects for a resilient island region
Energy and heating self-sufficiency on Rügen is not only a regional issue for the future, but also a strategic learning ground for the development of resilient infrastructure in Germany. Through the expert and dialogue forum on the island, aconium brought the relevant...
Municipal heating plan for the town of Aschersleben: Strategic basis for the climate-neutral heating transition
The municipal heating plan for the town of Aschersleben is in its final stages: the results of the planning were presented at a second public event. Numerous residents, as well as representatives from the trades, industry and politics, attended to learn about the...
Physical AI: When artificial intelligence interacts with the world
AI is no longer an abstract software technology. It moves, carries, assembles and navigates. What has long been presented as a vision of the future in laboratories and pilot projects has become a tangible reality at the Hannover Messe 2026. Together with members of...