Asperitas

As the need for more sustainable computing and communication infrastructures grows, in the realm of climate change, the aim of MISD is to develop a new modular, sustainable and secure-by-design concept to be deployed in places close to end users (edge computing) so that significant reduction in total energy consumption, from cooling to computing power and data flows, can be achieved. The MISD consortium will design, develop, and validate in a fieldlab innovative solutions, both in hardware and software, toward this target. 
MISD project received a total of €34 million from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate under the European Important Projects of Common European Interest - Cloud Infrastructure and Services (IPCEI-CIS) program for 2024-2029. The consortium consists of Asperitas, BetterBe, Deerns, Eurofiber, NBIP (National Internet Providers Management Organization), TNO and University of Twente. 
In the scope of MISD, the UT with faculty members from EEMCS, ET, TNW, and BMS will focus on four sustainability-oriented research lines:
Scalable, sustainable, innovative computing and communication approaches for data center operations considering edge infrastructures as well as interaction of data centers with the electricity grid;Advanced thermal management for sustainable cooling and heat use;Solutions for cyber-secure multi-party cloud systems and edge infrastructure; andStakeholder engagement through learning communities for interorganizational learning and innovation implementation.
The UT Faculty members will work on these topics through the project’s WP2, 3, 4, and 5.