EU accused of hiding environmental impact of data centers
A formal complaint says the European Commission is keeping data center energy and water use under wraps, breaching the public’s right to know.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-complaint-data-center-energy-water-lighthouse-reports/
As usual, the EU does the dirty work of Big Tech
The elites always work for the elites. Always has it been thus and always it will be thus as long as elites exist.
Gerry McGovern
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