Drees & Sommer SE, a leading consulting, planning and project management company in Europe, has been part of the GDA partner network since 2021: For more than 50 years, the partner-managed company has been supporting private and public clients as well as investors in all aspects of real estate and infrastructure - analogue and digital.
Over 4,500 employees at 51 locations around the world work in interdisciplinary teams to provide support for clients from a wide variety of sectors. All the services provided by Drees & Sommer take into consideration both economic and ecological concerns. The result is cost-effective and sustainable buildings, profitable real estate portfolios, people-oriented working environments, and visionary mobility concepts.
“Data centres are what make our digital lives possible. The Internet is used as a matter of course every day,” says Peter Junker, Associate Partner at Drees & Sommer. “Due to the steady increase in digitalisation, the demand for data centres is far from being met; space and power requirements are enormous. As a result, the growth of the branch is at odds with the agreed energy-saving targets,” Peter Junker continues, “My goal is therefore to make the construction and operation of data centres more sustainable.”
"As the foundation of digitalisation, data centres can make an important contribution to achieving climate targets," says Anna Klaft, GDA Chairwoman. "GDA and its members & partners are aware of their responsibility. In our think tank, we develop solutions for sustainable digitalisation - with ecological and economic aspects in balance. We are pleased to know that Drees & Sommer is an experienced partner with the same holistic approach in our network."
