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Posted by u/CosmicExplorer
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4 days ago
How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll
🔗 https://www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/big-tech-data-centres-secrecy-eu-law-environment-footprint
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Seriously? Is anyone actually surprised by this? Big Tech doing Big Tech things.
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As someone who deals with local environmental impact assessments, this is infuriating. The amount of water data centers suck up alone is insane, let alone the power. And then they get to just... not report it?
This is regulatory capture 101. Write the rules to benefit yourself, then claim you're adhering to the rules. The EU needs to push back harder, but money talks loudest.