The Energy Industry Act (EnWG), Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), Metering Point Operation Act (MsbG), EU requirements and BSI standards are forcing digitalisation – through obligations, deadlines and minimum requirements. Following the leak in February 2026 of the 'Draft Bill to Amend Energy Industry Legislation, to Synchronise Plant Expansion with Grid Expansion and to Improve the Grid Connection Procedure', the official draft bill for the so-called 'grid package' is now available. At the heart of the Grid Package. The Regulation and the Directive define the rules for the interaction of electricity generators, traders and consumers as well as for the use of electricity grids under the control of market regulators. Without this pressure, many IT and data investments would have been. Data centres are responsible for about 1. 5%, or 415 Terawatt-Hours (TWh), of the world's total yearly electricity consumption. Projections indicate that their consumption is set to more than double towards 945 TWh by 2030, primarily due to the substantial growth of energy-intensive accelerated. The EU policy promoting strategies for data, cloud and edge, and cybersecurity are central to the digitalisation of the energy system.
