As the power demanded by datacentres escalates, accurate data on the industry’s collective carbon footprint is vital if we are to decarbonise the digital economy.
The European Commission has given the go ahead for a new, mandatory reporting programme which will form part of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). The EED aims to reduce energy use by 11.7% by 2030, and subsequently cut carbon emissions across Europe by 55% by the same date.
The reporting scheme will apply to datacentres larger than 500KW (for context, this is every datacentre bar edge and small retail colocation facilities,) and will require operators to report on the sort of sustainability metrics that Computing requests from them every year when we conduct our cloud sustainability research.
Read the entire article here: https://www.computing.co.uk/news-analysis/4187749/emissions-reporting-scheme-european-datacentres-approved
