An investigation reveals how major tech companies, including AWS and Google, successfully embedded secrecy provisions into EU law that conceal data centers' environmental impact. This regulatory capture comes as Europe prepares to invest €176 billion in data center expansion over five years. The findings raise questions about transparency and accountability in the rapid expansion of cloud infrastructure across the continent.
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How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres' environmental toll
AWS and Google successfully lobbied secrecy provisions into EU law to conceal data centers' environmental costs as Europe commits €176 billion to cloud infrastructure expansion.
Friday, April 17, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline
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