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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 reuseas of 2026 · register ↗
500 kWEED Article 12 reporting threshold; PUE+WUE+ERF+REF filed annually by 15 May to the EU databaseas of 2026 · register ↗
15 Mayannual EED reporting deadline (prior calendar year); FY2023 first cycle was 15 Sep 2024as of 2025 · register ↗

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