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# DigitalEurope responds to EU data centre energy reporting scheme review
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-01-14-digitaleurope-eudcear-response/
- Published: 2026-01-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-18T13:55:14.000Z
- Description: DIGITALEUROPE responded to EUDCEAR's second technical report on the EU data centre energy efficiency rating scheme, backing a KPI based approach but opposing minimum performance standards while baseline data remains insufficient.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Verified Opinion AI-drafted [DIGITALEUROPE position paper, 14 January 2026](https://www.digitaleurope.org/resources/digitaleurope-response-to-eudcears-second-technical-report-and-recommendations-on-revising-the-reporting-scheme/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** These are DIGITALEUROPE's own recommendations, not the Commission's eventual reporting scheme design.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. law: industry response resists early data centre performance standards; no action yet. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)