Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1364

Overview

The regulation was issued by the European Commission and appears in the Official Journal of the European Union; it is dated 2024. This record consists of source metadata and independently worded extracted facts for preliminary sustainability calculations. Product-specific data are explicitly labelled proxies when applied to generic equipment.

Annex II identifies 18 energy/sustainability KPIs, two ICT-capacity KPIs and four traffic KPIs. Generator energy is reported separately within total facility energy, and annual observations and their measurement boundaries are required. This indicates that reporting must document not only the resulting value but also the boundaries within which it was measured.

Annex III defines PUE as E_DC/E_IT, WUE as W_IN in cubic metres divided by E_IT in MWh, ERF as E_REUSE/E_DC and REF as E_RES-TOT/E_DC. Renewable totals sum disjoint Guarantees of Origin, PPA and on-site components. This is an accounting principle that prevents the same renewable energy from being counted more than once.

As a limit, the record rests on only two facts; the full KPI list, the reporting process and the scope of obligations are not covered here. For those, the official text should be consulted.

Key points

1. Annex II identifies 18 energy/sustainability KPIs, two ICT-capacity KPIs and four traffic KPIs.
2. Generator energy is reported separately within total facility energy.
3. Annual observations and their measurement boundaries are required.
4. PUE = E_DC / E_IT.
5. WUE = W_IN (m3) / E_IT (MWh).
6. ERF = E_REUSE / E_DC and REF = E_RES-TOT / E_DC.
7. Renewable totals sum disjoint Guarantees of Origin, PPA and on-site components.

Using it in design

• In preliminary sustainability calculations, compute PUE, WUE, ERF and REF using the Annex III definitions.
• Report generator energy as a separate item within total facility energy.
• Record the measurement boundary alongside each annual value.
• When totalling renewables, sum Guarantees of Origin, PPA and on-site components without double counting.
• Label generic-equipment data used in place of product-specific data as proxies.

Who should read it

Engineers and analysts preparing data center sustainability and energy reporting.

Publication details

Authors

European Commission

Publisher

European Commission / Official Journal of the European Union

Year

2024

Document language

English

Source type

Government / public

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