Greening data centers and cloud computing

Data centres across Europe face new obligations to reduce their energy consumption as part of the EU’s revamped Energy Efficiency Directive, adopted earlier this year. Can they meet the challenge?

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Data centres accounted for 2.7% of electricity usage in 2018 across the EU and could reach 3.21% by 2030 under current trends if nothing is done to curb consumption, according to the European Commission. [Make more Aerials / Shutterstock]

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Euractiv.com Oct 20, 2023 14:40 1 min. read

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Data centres across Europe face new obligations to reduce their energy consumption as part of the EU's revamped Energy Efficiency Directive, adopted earlier this year. Can they meet the challenge?

In this special report, Euractiv looks at how digital industries can cut their energy consumption amid a steady increase in global electricity consumption from data centres that underpin the digital economy.

Energy, Environment & Transport