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How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll
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<p class="card-text line-clamp-3">A cross-border investigation has revealed how industry lobbying is shaping data centre regulation in the EU.</p>
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</div></p><p>"A cross-border investigation has revealed how industry lobbying is shaping data centre regulation in the EU."</p><p>via <span><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@TheJournal">@<span>TheJournal</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DigitalRights" rel="tag">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BigTech" rel="tag">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DataCentres" rel="tag">#<span>DataCentres</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EU" rel="tag">#<span>EU</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/edb4df5d-cbd0-4a0e-8c0a-0f66a22e0928/how-big-tech-successfully-lobbied-the-@eucommission-to-amend-eu-law-to-hide-data-centres-environmental-toll</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 02:09:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/edb4df5d-cbd0-4a0e-8c0a-0f66a22e0928.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:55:08 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl></channel></rss>