As data centers are projected to account for more than 3% of the European Union's (EU) total electricity demand by 2030, the EU is developing a sustainability rating scheme for data centers under the recently revised Energy Efficiency Directive.
With the technologies available today, the data center sector can continue to grow in the age of AI, while at the same time save energy, for themselves and other externally, and comply with the new regulatory requirements in the EED. Danfoss can support data center operators and owners in this transition.
Data centers with IT power demand of or greater than 500 kW must report annually the data on their energy performance and the key sustainability indicators Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE), Energy Reuse Factor (ERF) and Renewable Energy Factor (REF).
EU Commissioner for Energy and Housing, Dan Jørgensen, renewed the EU’s energy efficiency pledge at the IEA Conference in Brussels on 13 June 2025. Forthcoming initiatives include a Data Center Energy Efficiency Package, to be published together with the Startegy Roadmap on Digitalisation and AI (Q1 2026), an Electrification Strategy and Heating and Cooling Strategy, which will place greater emphasis on excess heat.
New impetus for energy efficiency - European Commission
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