In ‘European Developments’, Michael Winterson (EUDCA), Lex Coors (EUDCA), Fred Streefland (Secior), and Kees Verhoeven (Dutch Data Center Association), address the increasing number of European legislation rapidly heading towards the data center industry. The sector is actively working on sustainability and energy efficiency efforts in relation to the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) from the European Commission. Yet the wave of cybersecurity regulations, such as NIS2 are also of great importance. How can the industry deal with the wave of regulations? And how does the sector manage the tension between the European and national interests.