The Data Centre Alliance and Clear Decisions Launch Regulatory Radar
London — 18 February 2026 — Clear Decisions and the Data Centre Alliance have jointly launched Regulatory Radar, the world's first dedicated regulatory intelligence tool built specifically for the data centre industry.
Available as part of the Clear Decisions platform, it provides data centre owners, operators and infrastructure investors with a single, structured source of real-time regulatory insight across the UK and EU — covering energy reform, planning policy, sustainability regulation and AI infrastructure strategy.
The problem it solves
Regulatory change in this sector doesn't arrive in a straight line. It's fragmented, fast-moving and hits from multiple directions at once — energy reform, planning policy, sustainability obligations, AI infrastructure strategy. Staying on top of it manually is a losing game.
Most compliance teams find out about changes too late, from the wrong sources, with no structured way to assess commercial or operational impact.
Regulatory Radar consolidates policy developments into one continuously updated feed, mapping regulatory change directly to operational and commercial impact. For leadership teams, this means earlier visibility of risk, clearer strategic positioning and stronger confidence in capital deployment decisions.
AI-curated. Human-validated.
Regulatory Radar is AI-curated — monitoring policy developments in real time, scoring them for data centre relevance, and filtering out the noise. Drawing on Lexology PRO as a data partner, it ensures comprehensive coverage across UK and EU regulatory sources so that nothing material gets missed.
But what distinguishes the platform is what happens before anything reaches an operator's dashboard: expert legal review by Louisa Cilenti, Co-Founder and Chief Legal Officer at Clear Decisions.
This is not a generic editorial process. It is sector-specific legal interpretation — ensuring that regulatory shifts are not just reported, but understood in terms of what they mean for operators navigating energy reform, planning policy and sustainability obligations simultaneously.
The result is the difference between policy monitoring and regulatory intelligence.
"Regulatory intelligence has historically been manual, fragmented and reactive — a significant hidden cost for operators. We built Regulatory Radar in partnership with the DCA to solve that: not just to report change, but to interpret impact. For data centre operators navigating three of the fastest-moving regulatory domains in the UK and Europe at the same time, that shift from noise to signal is commercially material."
"The regulatory landscape for digital infrastructure is evolving faster than ever. Our sector cannot afford to operate on partial information or delayed insight. Regulatory Radar combines AI-driven intelligence with expert oversight to give operators and investors the foresight required to anticipate change, shape engagement and protect long-term value."
"Regulatory complexity is now a core business risk for infrastructure platforms. By combining structured AI analysis with human policy expertise, and partnering with the DCA's sector leadership, we have created a platform that transforms regulatory awareness into strategic advantage."
What Regulatory Radar delivers
- Forward-looking analysis of planning, energy and sustainability reform
- Integrated tracking of AI infrastructure and digital policy strategy
- Clear identification of emerging compliance and reporting requirements
- Strategic interpretation of regulatory direction of travel
- Dynamically refreshed insight, validated through expert review
Available now
Regulatory Radar launches today as a members-only feature for DCA corporate members and Clear Decisions platform subscribers.
This is not simply policy monitoring. It represents a shift from reactive compliance to proactive regulatory strategy.
About The DCA – Data Centre Alliance
Founded in 2010, The DCA is the UK's data centre trade association, ensuring that media, governments and the public are informed of the vital role data centres perform. An established, vendor-neutral, non-profit organisation, the DCA supports developments and advances in the sector and those who work within it — connecting members and partners to share best practice, industry innovation and the latest research.
About Lexology PRO
Lexology PRO is the world's leading legal and regulatory intelligence platform, tracking updates from over 1,200 regulatory sources across more than 170 jurisdictions. Used by in-house counsel, compliance teams and legal professionals globally, it delivers real-time regulatory updates, horizon scanning and expert analysis in one platform. Regulatory Radar draws on Lexology PRO as one of its core data feeds, ensuring that the intelligence operators receive is grounded in one of the most comprehensive and trusted sources of legal and regulatory change available.