1 Scope
This document is a compilation of recommended Practices for improving the energy management (i.e. reduction of energy consumption and/or increases in energy efficiency) of data centres.
NOTE It is historically aligned with the EU Code of Conduct for Data CentreEnergy Efficiency (CoC) scheme operated by the Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) of the European Commission (EC), however contains additional practices.
It is recognized that the Practices included might not be universally applicable to
all scales and business models of data centres or be undertaken by all parties involved in data centre operation, ownership or use.