EED status update: implications for data centers

The Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) is part of the EU’s Fit for 55 initiatives to help speed up the transition towards net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 and achieve GHG reductions of at least 55% by 2030, compared with GHG levels in 1990.

The law has many parts, will be applied in stages, and in some areas, key rules and metrics have yet to be fully defined. It will also be applied in different ways across EU countries, each of which is required to legislate at national level. Therefore, it is not surprising that, as Uptime Intelligence’s research suggests, there is considerable confusion around elements of the directive. This report outlines the key parts of the EED, and the status of the legislation as of June 2025.