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# Commission adopts EU wide sustainability rating scheme for data centres
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-21-ec-data-centre-rating-scheme-adopted/
- Published: 2026-09-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-21T10:56:52.000Z
- Description: The Commission adopted a common EU wide rating scheme for data centres, grading power and water use by electronic label to increase transparency and support their integration into Europe's energy system.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Policy and law, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [European Commission press release, 21 September 2026](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip%5F26%5F1667?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not itself set binding minimum energy performance standards, which remain under separate preparation.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. EU-wide labelling scheme only; no change to data centre ownership, operation or law. [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)