Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 April 2026
208. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline the nature of engagement between his Department and the European Commission regarding the transposition of Article 12 of Directive (EU) 2023/1791; whether Ireland has sought or been granted any derogations, extensions or flexibilities in respect of this Article;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31738/26]
View answerArticle 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive 2023/1791 (‘EED’) provides for an obligation for Member States to require that owners and operators of certain sized data centres to make publicly available, subject to Union and national law protecting trade and business secrets and confidentiality, information on key metrics on their energy and sustainability performance.
My Department has progressed drafting of the relevant legislation in respect to the transposition of Article 12 to an advanced stage. This includes the finalisation of arrangements for assignment of compliance oversight functions to the appropriate public body which my Department is seeking to complete and implement as soon as possible. This is an important and complex measure that has required careful reflection. My Department has kept the Commission updated on the status of the progress on transposition and has not sought or been granted any derogations, extensions or flexibilities.
As part of the implementation of Article 12 of the EED, it is supplemented by the directly effective Commission Delegated Regulation 2024/1364 that requires the same in-scope data centre operators to make public and report annually key performance indicators to a confidential European database on data centres which has been established by the European Commission.
My Department is the Member State coordinator overseeing reporting by data centres operating in Ireland. Data centres in Ireland are already reporting this information to this confidential EU database for all reporting cycles and officials in my Department are engaging with the sector and the Commission on this reporting to facilitate and ensure reporting obligations are progressed. The Commission is making its database publicly available in an aggregated manner in accordance with the Delegated Regulation.
