Source: European Commission (2025), Assessment of the Energy Performance and Sustainability of Data Centres in EU, data aggregated and weighted by Pb7 Research. @ EUDCA 2026. All rights reserved. The Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact (CNDCP)7, driven by the EUDCA, continues to provide an important reference point for the sector. Survey results suggest that most operators feel confident in meeting the Pact's targets for effciency, renewables, and water use. Only a small minority expect to struggle with the PUE thresholds for new facilities, and most expect to meet the renewable-energy and long-term water-efficiency commitments. more uneven, reflecting the structural barriers described above, but