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# CCIA Europe says EU data centre rating scheme ignores climate and engineering realities
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-21-ccia-europe-data-centre-rating-scheme-criticism/
- Published: 2026-09-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T03:50:03.000Z
- Description: CCIA Europe said the Commission's newly adopted EU data centre rating scheme ignores climate and engineering differences; its energy factor excludes geothermal and clean hydrogen, risking investment moving outside the EU, said policy manager Leonardo Veneziani.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #reported, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Reported Opinion AI-drafted [CCIA Europe news post, 21 September 2026](https://ccianet.org/news/2026/09/eus-first-ever-data-centre-rating-scheme-overlooks-engineering-and-geographic-realities/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that data centre investment has actually shifted outside the EU; these are CCIA Europe's own claims, not independently verified.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Opinion on an EU-wide adopted rule; moves no question until the scheme is revised. [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)