Data centres – Brave New Europe

Politico – Don’t let Big Tech hide ecological cost of AI, environment agency chief tells EU

May 26, 2026 Ben 0

If Big Tech can build data centres and hide the energy consumption of those data centres, transparency is dead in the EU. Read the full article HERE.

Nico Schmidt, Ella Joyner – How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll

April 20, 2026 Ben 0

‘Microsoft and DigitalEurope, a lobby group whose members include Amazon, Google and Meta, secured a secrecy provision in EU law to block public access to critical information on data centres’ environmental impact, Investigate Europe can […]

Ana Valdivia: Rural Spain could end up hosting infrastructure hubs for AI – here’s what the environmental cost could be

June 21, 2023 Ben 0

In a country that is already suffering widespread drought, data centres which require huge amounts of water will intensify ecological pressures Ana Valdivia is lecturer in AI, Government & Policy at the University of Oxford. […]