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EU adopts confidentiality clause on tech datacentre emissions

US tech giants successfully lobbied the European Union to adopt a legally questionable confidentiality clause on datacentre emissions.

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Microsoft and other tech firms' intensive lobbying circumvented the environmental transparency required by EU regulations.

This opacity hampers regulators' and the public's ability to assess the true climate impact of continental digital infrastructure.

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