Ardor
Documentation · Version 1.0 · April 2026

Documentation

Technical and regulatory foundations behind Ardor. The documentation is written for data centre operators, auditors, heat buyers and the competent authorities in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the further ten EU Member States in which Ardor maintains facility data.

Legal framework
Ardor translates Directive (EU) 2023/1791 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1364 for data centres into verifiable reports, a public heat map and a private marketplace. At Member-State level the platform initially covers Germany (Energieeffizienzgesetz, EnEfG) and France (Décret n° 2025-1382), with further transpositions in the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the Nordics in preparation.

Reading order

If you are reviewing Ardor for the first time, read the Methodology chapter in sequence. Sections build on each other and each cites the underlying standards and research.

  1. 01

    Methodology

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    Thermodynamic basis, calculation model, data sources, feasibility logic and verification. Includes a worked example for a 10 MW site and the mapping to EN 50600-4-6 (ERF).

  2. 02

    Regulation

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    Country-level legal bases (EnEfG, Décret 2025-1382, RVO, CRU, MASE, MITECO, Nordics), deadlines, thresholds and competent authorities.

  3. 03

    Wizard guide

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    Walk-through of the three-step intake assistant, field definitions, expected value ranges, handling of measured vs estimated inputs.

  4. 04

    Marketplace

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    Masked search, introduction flow, verification tiers, buyer segments and the WHC pilot mechanic.

Feedback on the documentation is welcomed at /en/contact. Methodological updates are published publicly in an annual transparency report.