Daniele Monaco

Freelance journalist, he has collaborated with Ansa, QN-Il Giorno, and Wired Italia, where. He writes about Economics and digital issues. He works alongside press offices and communication agencies as a copywriter and consultant for the production of content related to digital transformation, innovation, sustainability, Industry 4.0, for companies, associations, public bodies, consortia and startups.
Professional since 2010, he graduated from the University of Milan, the city where he resides and obtained a master's degree in Journalism from the Catholic University.

Infrastructure | Sustainability Focus On

As AI Devours Energy, Data Centers Must Be Decarbonized

The digital transition is accelerating thanks to Artificial Intelligence, yet the technological infrastructure behind it must become more sustainable — through smarter storage solutions, self-generation, and greater network efficiency

05/2026 - By Daniele Monaco

Travel | Interview Business

"Tourism as a driver of peace in the Mediterranean. But with strategy"

An instrument of soft power, dialogue, and diplomacy between countries, while respecting the history, identity and resources of the territories. A study by CNR-ISMed highlights the potential of tourism for communities in the Mediterranean area

11/2025 - By Daniele Monaco

Travel | Interview Sustainability

"It's true, Travelling is still great. Yet to do it, you need a Philosophy"

As the world becomes increasingly saturated with tourism while facing tensions and changes, we reflect on what humanity has been doing since ever: travelling. Infra Journal discusses this with philosopher Rudi Capra

10/2025 - By Daniele Monaco

Infrastructure | Interview Cities

Culture for an urban future: identity and development in tomorrow’s cities

The growth of the urban population worldwide imposes the need to administer megalopolises in a way that balances growth, sense of community and continuous evolution. We talk about this with Paolo Verri, an expert in cultural design for local administrations and major events, author of the book “Il paradosso urbano” (The Urban Paradox)

03/2025 - By Daniele Monaco

Mobility | Cities Interview

"Milan is a living-lab of mobility. But Government must listen to innovative cities"

Arianna Censi, Councillor for Mobility, explains how the Municipality of Milan is renewing the public transport and sharing system in a MaaS key, moving from a ‘many-to-one to a one-to-many’ model. “But change happens in the cities, it is not decided from afar. And the National Transport Fund should double”

06/2024 - By Daniele Monaco

Mobility | Mobility

An undeclared pandemic. 5 things to remember from the WHO report on road safety

The number of road deaths has fallen by 5% in the last ten years, but the target of -50% is still far off. The Global status report on road safety 2023 underlines the burden of social inequalities and inadequate infrastructure. We need a people-based mobility model and laws that pay more attention to road safety

05/2024 - By Daniele Monaco

Infrastructure | Mobility Sustainability

The road to switching to electric cars is (still) full of potholes

Italy slows down in the decarbonisation of transport. Without an acceleration of green policies, bold incentives for the purchase of low-emission cars and greater regulatory clarity on recharging infrastructures, the country risks falling even further behind, according to the latest Smart Mobility Report by Milan’s Polytechnic University

12/2023 - By Daniele Monaco

Technology | Column Focus On

Decentralized. Web3 or the new identity in the cyber universe

What is it and how does the third-generation World Wide Web work, the heralded revolution facilitated by blockchain, promising to put the user back at the centre of the Net

07/2023 - By Daniele Monaco

Mobility | Interview Cities

“Area B, cycling and parking: Milan needs more courage on mobility”

Enlarging the urban toll area, paid parking spaces for residents and an integrated cycle network: Milan needs a decisive policy of orientation towards sustainable mobility to overcome the contradictions of the post-Covid era. We talk about this with Edoardo Croci, promoter in 2008 of Ecopass, the first pollution charge ever applied in Lombardy's capital city

05/2023 - By Daniele Monaco

Mobility | Interview Mobility

The great challenges of urban mobility at the dawn of a new era

The manifold changes and unexpected turmoils which happened in recent years still require a radical rethinking of mobility, at every level. Here’s how public transit, private transportation and traffic in cities may transform over the next years according to Guillaume Thibault, who launched the Oliver Wyman Mobility Forum

04/2023 - By Daniele Monaco

Green | Column Focus On

Here's why everyone is talking about lithium

It is the new resource symbol of the ecological and digital transition in mobility and beyond. Growing demand is about to outstrip supply and may turn lithium into the “new oil”, 90% of whose production is concentrated in only three countries in the world

02/2023 - By Daniele Monaco

Infrastructure | Focus On Sustainability

Everything we know (so far) about nuclear fusion

Profile of a possible new energy source, which would have a limited environmental impact. Scientific research has been at work since the 1950s, but the first power plants may only be realised as of 2050. And meanwhile the world's energy needs are growing

12/2022 - By Daniele Monaco

Technology | Focus On Transports

Like trains, but on the motorway: here is “truck platooning”

Seeing a truck travelling without a driver might not be so unusual in the future. Communication and semi-automated driving technologies are already making it possible to create fleets of trucks connected to each other and to the infrastructure to reduce consumption and emissions, increasing efficiency and safety

08/2022 - By Daniele Monaco

Infrastructure | Interview Business