Brussels Will Grade Data Centres From A to G on Power and Water. First Labels Land on August 15, 2027.

The European Commission adopted a delegated regulation on September 21 that turns the data the EU has been collecting from data centres since 2024 into a public label. Every facility with an installed IT power demand of at least 500 kW that reports to the European database on data centres will receive an electronic label, generated automatically, that grades its Power Usage Effectiveness and its…