Reporting and efficiency duties
What must a data center report, and to whom?
8 records of kind reporting and efficiency duties are on the AI Infrastructure Atlas as of September 2026: 8 verified, 0 reported, 0 announced, 0 absent, 0 open. By jurisdiction: United States 2, European Union 4, Germany 1, China 1.
Reporting and efficiency duties
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China set a national data centre efficiency target and a renewables ramp
China · verified 15 September 2026
The plan sets an average power usage effectiveness for data centres of less than 1.5 by 2025.
Germany wrote data centre efficiency into statute: PUE, renewables and waste heat
Germany · verified 15 September 2026
Data centres in operation before 1 July 2026 must reach a power usage effectiveness of 1.5 or below from 1 July 2027 and 1.3 or below from 1 July 2030.
The Commission is preparing minimum performance standards for EU data centres
European Union · verified 15 September 2026
The study supports the development of minimum performance standards for data centres in Europe, aligned with existing EU reporting requirements.
Europe collects site level data centre figures and keeps them confidential
European Union · verified 15 September 2026
The database publishes information, indicators and sustainability indicators in an aggregated manner at Member State and Union level.
The EU data centre reporting scheme: what must be filed, and by when
European Union · verified 15 September 2026
The first filing date was 15 September 2024, and the annual date is 15 May thereafter.
EU law: data centres above 500 kW must publish their performance
European Union · verified 15 September 2026
The duty attaches at an installed information technology power demand of at least 500 kW.
The House companion to the data center water and energy reporting bill
United States · verified 15 September 2026
H.R. 9825 was introduced in the House on 22 July 2026 and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
A Senate bill would make data centers above 25 MW report energy and water use
United States · verified 15 September 2026
The reporting duty attaches to each data center with a peak demand of not less than 25 megawatts.
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