During the pandemic, our society's dependence on functioning digital infrastructure became evident, highlighting the responsibility to design it sustainably.
Lasse Schneppenheim argued in this opinion piece that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the central role of digital infrastructure in our society. Wherever possible, people worked from home—enabled by a global network of data centers. The article asks: What would have been the consequences of a failure of this infrastructure?
The crisis highlighted that digital infrastructure must be understood as critical public service and designed sustainably.
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