Lex Coors on balancing energy efficiency with digital growth

Wednesday 18 February 2026

Following our closed-door roundtable on “Balancing Energy Efficiency with Digital Growth,” hear directly from our speakers on key insights and takeaways.

As Europe’s digital transformation accelerates, data centres already account for around 3% of the EU’s electricity consumption. Strengthening energy efficiency is therefore central to achieving Europe’s climate and energy objectives while safeguarding competitiveness.

Chief Data Center Technology and Engineering Officer Lex Coors discusses the role of energy efficiency in data centres for meeting EU targets, key steps to embed it across the sector, and how it can become a starting point in discussions on digital growth.

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