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DigitalEurope responds to EU data centre energy reporting scheme review

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.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted DIGITALEUROPE position paper, 14 January 2026

What the source does not establish. These are DIGITALEUROPE's own recommendations, not the Commission's eventual reporting scheme design.

Index score. 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

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