Context: Proposed Commission Regulation to implement Directive 2009/125/EC with regard to Ecodesign requirements for servers and data storage products.
CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe), the primary European trade association representing cloud infrastructure providers, supports the proposal to bring servers and data storage products within the legal framework of the EU Ecodesign Directive, and the Commission’s work to define the appropriate scope of the draft Regulation.
CISPE members are committed to implementing all energy and non-energy Ecodesign requirements but caution the Commission against the potentially unintended effect of the information disclosure requirement for Original Device Manufacturer Direct (ODM Direct) in the current draft Regulation.
Read the position paper here.