#data-centre-reporting-mandate

Issues, solutions, and case studies for data-centre-reporting-mandate

Solutions 1

#00223Mandate per-facility energy and water reporting with a penalty attached, and bar NDAs covering utility impacts

Require each facility above a size threshold to report metered energy, water withdrawal and consumption to a public register, with a real penalty for non-reporting, and prohibit local NDAs that cover utility impacts. The EU tried this without penalties and got 36% participation.

national

Case studies

Case studies 2

The Dalles, Oregon, USA (litigation over disclosure of Google data-center water use)

Partial

City of The Dalles and Google, opposed by The Oregonian / Oregon Live · 2021–2022 · City

A public records case documenting the cost of obtaining basic operating data without a mandatory register. The city of The Dalles litigated for 13 months to block a newspaper's public records request for Google's water…

Duration of litigation to block disclosure13months

Company contribution to the city's litigation costs>100,000USD

City of The Dalles, with over $100,000 contributed by Google toward the litigation · 2 sources

Brussels, Belgium

Partial

European Commission, with EU member state authorities; independent analysis by the Green Web Foundation · since 2024 · Region

The first mandatory facility-level sustainability reporting regime for data-centers, established under the recast EU Energy Efficiency Directive, with its first reporting cycle in 2024. Participation was 36% despite the…

Participation rate, first cycle100% required → 36%

Ireland participation~17%

European Union · 1 source

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