COP28 began on the 30th of November and runs through the 12th of December 2023 in Dubai.
The Data Center and IT sectors are already experiencing a rapidly changing policy environment.
A raft of legislation and disclosure requirements are on the horizon from the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) which will directly impact data center / IT operations and reporting.
Other legislation on governance, strategy, risk management, reports and metrics is coming. Companies will be required to disclose in granular detail the impacts of their efforts to cut carbon from their digital operations.