The European Commission has requested European Standards Organizations to develop standards to address several ecodesign requirements for servers and data storage products. Table 1 below lists the standards requested in the Commission’s mandate.
Table 1: List of new harmonized standards to be developed
| Reference Information | Deadline for Adoption | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | European standardisation deliverable on the characterisation of the Processor Power Management functionality of servers. | 2023-01-31 |
| 7 | European standardisation deliverable on the measurement and calculation of the efficiency, performance and power demand of data storage products | 2023-01-31 |
| 6 | European standard(s) for the verification of compliance with the requirement on the ability of servers and data storage products to be disassembled. | 2023-01-31 |
| 5 | European standard(s) for the verification of compliance with the requirement for the provision of information on the weight range of critical raw materials. | 2023-01-31 |
| 4 | European standard(s) for the verification of compliance with the requirement for the availability of firmware and of security updates to firmware for servers and data storage products. | 2023-01-31 |
| 3 | European standard(s) for the verification of compliance with the requirement for a secure data deletion functionality for servers and data storage products. | 2023-01-31 |
| 2 | European standard(s) on the measurement and calculation of the operating condition class of servers and data storage products. | 2023-01-31 |
| 1 | European standard on the measurement and calculation of the power supply unit efficiency, the power factor and the rated power output of the power supply unit. | 2023-01-31 |