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The Centre on Regulation in Europe is an independent think tank advancing robust regulation for tech, media, telecom, energy, mobility, and more. 🌐 www.cerre.eu 📩 https://rb.gy/n6k5l5
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · Jul 25
🔎🌐⚡Looking for Tech, Media & Telecom or Energy, Mobility & Sustainability voices to follow on Bluesky? Check out CERRE’s experts in our starter pack! 👉 go.bsky.app/QSBsxH1
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 4d
Heatwaves, floods, and storms are exposing Europe’s energy vulnerabilities. But current rules still fail to recognise the need to invest in resilience.

📖CERRE’s new paper calls for coordinated EU and national action to make networks climate-ready.

Read it 👉 tinyurl.com/4h2s32mz
Banner announcing new CERRE research titled “Embedding Climate Resilience in Regulation” by Friðrik Már Baldursson and Nils-Henrik M. von der Fehr. Background image shows wind turbines over a forest landscape with the CERRE logo in the top right corner.
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 6d
How can Europe’s security of supply framework evolve to match the pace of electrification and decarbonisation?

At CERRE’s Virtual Roundtable on Critical Infrastructure Resilience, experts will unpack how regulation can strengthen Europe’s energy system.

Join the conversation🔗 tinyurl.com/4a5hmuee
Agenda for CERRE Virtual Roundtable on Critical Infrastructure Resilience, 5 Nov 2025, 15:00–16:30 CET.
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 9d
📆 Curious to know what we have in store for you in the coming months?

Check out our event line-up 👉 cerre.eu/upcoming-eve...

🔎 Here’s an event recap to help
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 12d
Europe’s #competitiveness is under pressure. Costs are rising, innovation is slowing, and the EU still depends on foreign tech.

🗨️Join CERRE's upcoming event to explore how Europe can adapt and build a more dynamic, innovative, and resilient economy.

Register now👉 tinyurl.com/4d258ymk
Promotional visual for CERRE’s event “Charting a European Path to Competitiveness”, taking place on 27 November 2025, 14:00–16:00 CET. The image shows the CERRE logo and text indicating the event can be joined in Brussels or online. The background features a digital blue design with polygonal outlines of chess pieces, symbolising strategy and competitiveness.
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 12d
⚡As Europe’s energy & telecoms grow more connected, new risks emerge: cyber, climate, and supply. How can regulation keep these networks resilient?

Join us on 5 November for the launch of two new reports and a discussion with policy, industry, and regulatory leaders.

Register🔗 tinyurl.com/4a5hmuee
Promotional visual for CERRE’s Virtual Roundtable on Critical Infrastructure Resilience, taking place on 5 November 2025, 15:00–16:30 CET. The image features the CERRE logo and portraits of seven speakers and the moderator: Arancha Boden (GRDF), Annika Brack (CERRE, Moderator), Christine Brandstätt (International Energy Agency), Oliver Franz (E.ON SE), Maria Kerkidou (PPC), Jody O’Boyle (Utility Regulator, Northern Ireland), Clara Poletti (ARERA, ACER), and Monika Zsigri (DG ENER, European Commission). The background shows a digital network and energy landscape graphic.
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 17d
⚡ Can #DataCentres become an asset for Europe’s energy resilience and competitiveness?

CERRE's latest report shows how data centres, often seen as grid strains, can support Europe’s digital sovereignty, energy systems and climate goals.

Read it here🔗 tinyurl.com/mp4x44vz
From Gridlock to Grid Asset: Data Centres for Digital Sovereignty, Energy Resilience, and Competitiveness
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 19d
☕This morning we welcomed Inge Bernaerts, Director for Strategy and Policy at DG COMP, @ec.europa.eu, to our Members-Only Breakfast.

🗨️Our members discussed the future of #CompetitionPolicy in telecoms, tech & energy & its evolving role in increasingly digitalised and interconnected markets.
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 23d
Read the latest #CERREBiWeeklyNewsletter here 👉 mailchi.mp/cerre/cerres...
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 23d
📩 Our latest #CERREBiWeeklyNewsletter is out! Inside:

✔️ New Research on Data Centres and the Grid
✔️ Our upcoming event: “Charting a European Path to Competitiveness”.
✔️ Save the date for CERRE’s flagship event: the Digital Platforms Summit 2026

Join the #CERRECommunity🔗 tinyurl.com/m4t2753u
Promotional visual for the CERRE Biweekly Newsletter. The image features four sections highlighting CERRE activities: a wind turbine with “Virtual Roundtable on Critical Infrastructure Resilience – Upcoming Event,” a data centre image with “From Gridlock to Grid Asset – New Research,” a digital network graphic with “Charting a European Path to Competitiveness – Upcoming Event,” and a panel discussion photo labelled “Digital Platforms Summit 2026 – Save the date.” In the centre, there is a large white banner reading “CERRE Biweekly Newsletter” with a “Subscribe” button and a cursor icon clicking it.
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 24d
⚡️How can Europe keep its grids and networks resilient as electrification accelerates?

🎥Join us on 5 November for a virtual discussion of the first academic paper in the series on:

📌Security of Supply Architecture
📌Climate Resilience

Register now 👉 tinyurl.com/5n8fj7by

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Visual quote from Catherine Banet, CERRE Academic Director and University of Oslo professor. The quote reads: “Building the resilience of the European energy system is a complex, but necessary task that is urgent to complete. We need to revise our manner to measure, prepare and respond to cumulating stresses related to climate change, intermittent generation and security, all at the same time.” CERRE is hosting a virtual roundtable on #Resilience on 5 November 2025
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 25d
🇪🇺 Can Europe stay competitive while pursuing digital sovereignty?

CERRE’s Director of Research, @zach-meyers.bsky.social, joined the Future is Blue podcast to unpack this challenge, drawing on his latest issue paper.

🔊Listen to the full podcast🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/5f2j...
Can Europe be sovereign and competitive in tech?
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 26d
⚡As Europe electrifies and networks grow, keeping energy supply resilient is more critical than ever.

Join CERRE and sector leaders to explore how regulation and planning reflect today’s realities on cybersecurity threats, climate impacts, & supply disruptions.

🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/4a5hmuee
Banner for CERRE’s upcoming event titled “Virtual Roundtable on Critical Infrastructure Resilience”. Event date: 5 November 2025, time: 15:00–16:30 CET, held online.
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · 27d
🔙 Last week, we launched a new study “From Gridlock to Grid Asset: Data Centres for Digital Sovereignty, Energy Resilience, and Competitiveness”.

📘Read it here tinyurl.com/mp4x44vz & hear from Thomas Le Goff, co-author of the study, as he shares some of the key recommendations 👇

#DataCentres
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · Sep 30
👋We have just wrapped up our event after an insightful discussions on how #DataCentres can improve power reliability, competitiveness, & sustainability.

✨Thank you to all the speakers, experts, & participants for making this event a success!

📅 Stay tuned & join the #CERRECommunity 👉 rb.gy/n6k5l5
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · Sep 30
Our panellists will address:

🔹How AI can boost Europe’s #competitiveness & support the green transition.

🔹Grid as a bottleneck & how #DataCentres can ease pressure & add flexibility

🔹How to balance data centre growth with sustainability

#DataCentres #CERREEvents
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · Sep 30
🔴LIVE NOW! Discussion with representatives of:

🎙️DG CLIMA
🎙️DG ENER
🎙️PC
🎙️NVIDIA
🎙️Terna
🎙️E.ON
🎙️TenneT
🎙️Equinix
🎙️GIRA Strategic Finance

Moderates Annika Brack, CERRE Director of Energy

#DataCentres #CERREEvents
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · Sep 30
🗨️Co-author Thomas Le Goff presents CERRE's new report with key policy recommendations:

✔️Streamline & harmonise EU rules
✔️ Update efficiency metrics for a system impact
✔️Plan 'ready-to-connect' zones in low-carbon areas
✔️Strengthen cross-sector & cross-border coordination

#DataCentres #CERREEvents
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · Sep 30
🚀We are live at our launch event: Data Centres & the Grid.

🎥 Join us as CERRE Founder and Executive Chairman, Bruno Liebhaberg, opens the discussion on the role #DataCentres play in Europe's digital sovereignty, energy resilience, and competitiveness.

🔗 www.youtube.com/live/p78jyJw...
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · Sep 30
🚨New CERRE Research

📘“From Gridlock to Grid Asset: Data Centres for Digital Sovereignty, Energy Resilience, and Competitiveness”

Read🔗 tinyurl.com/mp4x44vz

Join us live today at 16:00 to explore how #DataCentres can ease pressure on Europe’s power grids & help strengthen Europe’s competitiveness.
Cover of CERRE report titled "From Gridlock to Grid Asset: Data Centres for Digital Sovereignty, Energy Resilience, and Competitiveness. Launch event and panel discussion happening in Brussels on 30 September from 16:00 to 18:00.
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · Sep 25
🗨️Alexandre de Streel & @bostoenfriso.bsky.social shared CERRE research on AI at GW’s Competition & Innovation Lab conference. They addressed:

✅ AI supply-chain concentration
✅ AI Act implementation
✅ Competition policy in digital markets

🔎Explore CERRE's research cerre.eu/publications/
Quote from Friso Bostoen, CERRE Researcher and Assistant Professor of Competition Law and Digital Regulation Tilburg University: “Agents are set to be the defining service of the new AI era. Policymakers must protect innovation and contestability. With adjustments, the DMA can help achieve this.” Photo of Friso Bostoen on the right.
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · Sep 24
🇪🇺 Can the EU boost digital sovereignty without hurting competitiveness?

A new CERRE paper argues Europe must:
✔️Accelerate tech diffusion
✔️Target sovereignty where it matters
✔️Lead in emerging tech

✒️ Authored by @zach-meyers.bsky.social

📖 tinyurl.com/sjcf7u86

#CERREResearch
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · Sep 23
💻 Europe’s tech dependencies are vast — but chasing everything, everywhere, all at once isn’t viable.

In a new blog, @zach-meyers.bsky.social says the EU must prioritise gaps that matter, build on strengths like industrial AI & chip tools, and face trade-offs head-on 👉 tinyurl.com/4pfa6kkd
New CERRE Blogpost: Achieving European digital sovereignty: can we keep attempting “everything, everywhere, all at once”?
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · Sep 22
Happening next week! 🚨 On 30 September, CERRE launches a new report on how #DataCentres can boost EU sovereignty, resilience & competitiveness. With top voices from policy & industry. Register now 👉 cerre.eu/events/data-...
Data Centres and the Grid, 30 September, 16:00-18:00 CET
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · Sep 19
🔌Europe’s energy & telecoms networks are more connected than ever, but are they resilient enough? Can regulation keep up with rising risks to critical systems?

CERRE’s virtual roundtable will explore practical steps for stronger, safer networks.

Register here 🔗 tinyurl.com/4a5hmuee
Banner for CERRE’s upcoming event titled “Virtual Roundtable on Critical Infrastructure Resilience”. Event date: 5 November 2025, time: 15:00–16:15 CET, held online.
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CERRE Think Tank @cerrethinktank.bsky.social · Sep 17
🖥️ #DataCentres can make Europe’s grids & infrastructure more efficient — but only if EU policy is reformed. With the right framework, they can:

➡️ Support grid flexibility
➡️ Boost competitiveness
➡️ Advance climate goals

New CERRE's research on 30 September👉 tinyurl.com/4m3fwmdy
Digital and energy systems are converging into the new frontier for Europe’s competitiveness. Data centres lie at the heart of this intersection: once seen as passive enablers of digitalisation, they are now becoming strategic assets and sources of stress for Europe’s energy system. Their role extends far beyond rising electricity demand, touching on questions of sovereignty, innovation, resilience, and sustainability. Against this backdrop, CERRE will host the event “Data Centres and the Grid” on 30 September 2025, from 16:00 to 18:00 CET online
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