POLICY BRIEF
China starts drafting a national compute-carbon-efficiency standard
National standards project 20262489-T-467 will define compute carbon efficiency, formulas, accounting methods and assessment procedures across conventional and AI data centers.
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DIRECT EFFECT
It does not yet change approvals or tariffs, but could create a common disclosure and third-party assessment framework once published.
- SCOPE
- Compute carbon-efficiency definitions, accounting and assessment
- STATUS
- Drafting · not yet in force
- EFFECTIVE / REVIEW
- Fifteen-month project; not currently a mandatory requirement
- WHO IT AFFECTS
- Data-center operators, AI computing centers and certification bodies