The Urgent Case Against Data Centres in Europe
The rapid expansion of data centers across the European Union is fast becoming one of the defining environmental and social challenges of our time.
As the EU races to become a global leader in AI and digital infrastructure, a massive wave of new development risks placing deregulation and industrial growth ahead of vital climate objectives and the public interest.
A European data centre boom risks creating “new fossil dependencies”, undermining a just and clean energy transition. While intended to strengthen Europe’s digital independence, new regulation risks prioritising rapid infrastructure build-out without equivalent environmental safeguards, placing deregulation and industrial growth ahead of climate objectives and the public interest.
The race to attract investment could disproportionately benefit US-based technology companies and investors at the expense of European communities and natural resources.
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