Schaffhausen generates its own electricity, but it also receives electricity from other Swiss and European power plants. A modern network of powerlines provides for efficient distribution. Costs run according to voltage, season and peak vs. off-peak usage.

The city's telecommunications infrastructure is based on the latest available technology:

	digital fiber optic links, putting Schaffhausen on the global information highways and facilitating integration of the latest technologies;
	a broadband network for LAN, MAN and WAN connections, multimedia, mobile communications and customer-specific solutions as well as future applications;
	digitized telephone exchanges permitting ISDN connections throughout the entire area;
	Internet providers with local-call access points

All buildings in the Canton of Schaffhausen have been linked to a broad bandwidth network for many years, thereby assuring high-capacity communications.

The ground water stream of the River Rhine is the source of ample high-quality drinking water throughout the region.