Energy efficiency is one of the key strategies to achieve the EU’s overall 2030 target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 (European Climate Law).
The International Energy Agency found that, in the EU, data centres accounted for some 4% of total electricity demand, with an expectation that their electricity needs would rise from c.100 TWh in 2022 to close to 150 TWh in 2026.
The EU regulates and incentivises data centres to be more sustainable through different regulatory tools. Such tools usually address the same environmental challenges, in particular energy efficiency, but the existence of such different tools can lead to a non-harmonised approach.
Cullen International’s new cheat sheet summarises and highlights the key sustainability tools for data centres.
Clients of our Sustainability service, can also access it directly on our client portal via the following link:
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