Docs: US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to hide data centers' environmental toll; one of their demands was written almost verbatim into EU rules
Legally questionable confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of Microsoft and trade groups
The Guardian
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@nhna
@nhna
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‘...a senior commission official reminded national authorities of their obligation to “keep confidential all information and key performance indicators for individual datacentres”...’ — This will only get worse now that data centres are going ‘off-grid’! — www.theguardian.com…
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@p4bl0.net
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“Environmental footprint of Europe's data centres kept secret after industry lobbying in a move legal experts warn could violate transparency rules”
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@ramiismail.com
Rami Ismail
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I dunno about y'all but I'm fairly sure we were sold out. Everybody involved needs to be held accountable for this, and the data centers need to be held not just to the same, but to higher environmental standards. — www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...
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@troublemakers
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This is utterly appalling AND....there's a reason they want to keep this stuff hidden, and it's not (just) competition. — They want to keep it from you and me, because we'll question whether it's worth it, and the answer isn't one that will improve their stock prices.
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@osma.fishpool.org
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What. The. Fuck. ?? — It's bad enough that EU is reneging on major parts of the European Green Deal and buying big tech bullshit about AI wholesale, but this is another level. — https://www.theguardian.com/ technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us- tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy…