EED · Energy Efficiency Directive
The EU directive obliging data centers above a power threshold to report efficiency and heat-reuse metrics to a public database, making those numbers regulatory rather than voluntary.
Current numbers
>1 MWEU EED Article 26 threshold: facilities above this must assess (and, under stricter national law, perform) waste-heat reuse
500 kWEED Article 12 reporting threshold; PUE+WUE+ERF+REF filed annually by 15 May to the EU database
15 Mayannual EED reporting deadline (prior calendar year); FY2023 first cycle was 15 Sep 2024