alt Hacker NewsYou make a very good point. However, in this case, the deadline is two years in the past. From Article 12:
> 1. By 15 May 2024 and every year thereafter, Member States shall require owners and operators of data centres in their territory with a power demand of the installed information technology (IT) of at least 500kW, to make the information set out in Annex VII publicly available, except for information subject to Union and national law protecting trade and business secrets and confidentiality.
> 2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to data centres used for, or providing their services exclusively with the final aim of, defence and civil protection.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ%3AJOL...
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This doesn't seem like the type of comment it makes sense to create a throwaway for.
So maybe your proposed hefty fines actually need to be imposed on the states which haven't implemented the directive?
Cool, thanks for looking that up. This gets us closer to where the fault lies. Has the Netherlands implemented the directive yet?
Chatbot says "partially", and "Article 12, concerning data centres, has already been implemented. The relevant Dutch decree was published in May 2024 and entered into force on 7 May 2024." and a link to https://wetgevingskalender.overheid.nl/Regeling/WGK026248
But I neither read Dutch, nor trust the chatbot to do so, so all I can do is report the link.