EED delegated report due early May — what's the rush?

The European Commission (hereon referred to as the Commission) continues its rushed implementation of the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). The second mandated delegated report is scheduled to be published on May 3, 2025, just three months after the award of the technical support contract. The scope of the delegated report is to:

• Provide a status of the information and key performance indictors (KPIs) reporting process.
• Propose a data center rating scheme.
• Propose, as appropriate, minimum data center energy performance standards (MEPS).

The Commission intends to hold three public workshops to gather stakeholder’s comments and inputs on its rating/labeling and MEPS proposals before May 3, with a fourth workshop held the week of June 16 to gather feedback on implementation schemes for a European-wide rating scheme and MEPS. The first workshop took place on February 11, 2025.