How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres' environmental toll

Article

• Big Tech lobbied to embed data centre secrecy into EU energy legislation
• Companies blocked disclosure of power consumption and water usage data
• Environmental transparency requirements were quietly gutted during legislative drafting
• Investigate Europe uncovered the lobbying trail through internal documents

Discussion

• Commenters suspect real motive is hiding power draw, not just environmental optics
• Fiduciary duty to shareholders seen as root cause — breaks societal accountability
• EU enforcement timeline mocked: court in 7-8 years, fix by 2040
• French Le Monde ran parallel investigation (paywalled)

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