Preempting Regulation, EU Operators Strike Green Data Center Pact Facing a threat of new sustainability laws, Europe’s largest data center operators draft a plan for “self-regulation.” A group of Europe’s largest data center operators has created and signed a green data center pact, committing to self-regulation before European Union officials pass data center sustainability laws – an unwelcome possibility that’s been looming over the bloc’s industry for more than a year. The Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, announced Thursday, outlines data center efficiency and renewable energy goals and sets aggressive targets for reaching them. It establishes a framework for tracking progress toward those goals.