European Green Deal
Europe is to become the first climate-neutral continent and thus a global pioneer in terms of climate protection – an endeavor that lies at the heart of the Green Deal presented by the European Union in 2019. The aim is to implement the EU’s climate protection targets by 2050.
Create a Head Start
The European Green Deal brings together measures in energy, industry, finance and other economic sectors. For data centre projects, the applicable legal requirements and the specific technical design are decisive.
We develop data centre concepts that consider energy demand, technical availability and site conditions together. From feasibility studies to technical design, we document assumptions, assess alternatives and prepare the required evidence.
Green IT infrastructure for a climate-neutral Europe
Data centres need robust concepts for power supply, cooling and the use of waste heat. In Germany, the Energy Efficiency Act sets requirements whose application depends on the commissioning date and other conditions.
We help identify the requirements relevant to your project and translate them into practical design and operational measures. The legal position and project assumptions are reviewed within each engagement.
Gesetzliche Anforderungen: § 11 EnEfG · Advice on the German Energy Efficiency Act
EU Climate Targets
Neubauten ab Juli 2026
- PUE ≤ 1.2 for new data centres within the scope of Section 11 EnEfG
- Waste heat reuse: requirements depend on commissioning date; check exceptions and deadlines
Existing facilities and operations
- Bestand vor Juli 2026: PUE ≤ 1,5 ab Juli 2027; ≤ 1,3 ab Juli 2030
- New data centres: generally meet the PUE requirement no later than two years after commissioning
- Stromverbrauch bilanziell zu 100 % aus erneuerbaren Energien ab Januar 2027
2050
- EU objective: climate neutrality by 2050
Climate Reporting Criteria
With the taxonomy, the European Union has introduced a classification scheme to define in a binding way which economic activities are classified as environmentally sustainable. The activities identified are also intended to be strengthened with targeted investments and climate-related data from market participants made transparent to third parties.
Climate protection and sustainability are becoming decisive criteria in corporate reports and statements, as well as in the financing of projects or the entire company. Stakeholders from customers to regulators are demanding it, and we cannot continue to minimize the importance of sustainability throughout the Data Center and IT infrastructure ecosystem.
From 2022, the first reporting year, at least three parameters must be reported in the non-financial reporting for the respective economic activity (Art. 8 Para. 2 of the EU Taxonomy Regulation):
- Share of ecologically sustainable sales revenue
- Operational Expenditures (opex)
- Capital Expenditures (capex)
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