US Tech Firms Successfully Lobbied EU to Hide Datacenter Emissions — Exact Language Written Into Law

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A Guardian/Investigate Europe investigation reveals that Microsoft and the DigitalEurope lobby group (representing Google, Amazon, Meta) got their proposed language written 'almost word for word' into an EU implementing act, classifying individual datacenter environmental data as confidential. Only national-level summaries are now available; FOI requests have been refused. Ten legal scholars told investigators this may violate the Aarhus Convention — an international treaty guaranteeing public access to environmental information. The post hit 137↑ and 24 comments on r/singularity.