For a More Sustainable Digital Future: E-CoRe, a European Project Led by the University of Bologna, Gets Under Way

Bologna, 18 February 2026 – Every day, computers, servers and digital infrastructures account for around 10% of global energy consumption, a figure that is set to rise with the growing spread of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, blockchain and autonomous devices.

Reducing the energy impact of digital technologies is therefore one of the major challenges of the coming years. E-CoRe – Energy-efficient Computing via Reversibility is a European project coordinated by the University of Bologna and funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks programme. It brings together seven European partners, including universities and research centres, as well as eight associated partners (seven universities and one company). Its objective is to drastically reduce the energy consumption of digital systems through the development of reversible computing.