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EU plans energy saving measures for data centres
georgemiller
Publish Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025, 07:57 AM

BRUSSELS, June 12 (Reuters) - The European Union is preparing a package of measures to improve data centres' energy savings, the bloc's energy commissioner said on Thursday.
"I will propose a data centre energy efficiency package," EU energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen told a conference in Brussels, without providing further details.
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Data centres account for 3% of EU electricity demand, but their consumption is expected to increase rapidly this decade due to the expansion of artificial intelligence.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/eu-plans-energy-saving-measures-data-centres-2025-06-12/