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2026-09-30 · Politico

EU accused of hiding environmental impact of data centers

The European Union has shielded data centers from public scrutiny about how much energy they use, according to a formal complaint filed Monday against the European Commission. The complaint lodged this week by Lighthouse Reports, and first reported by POLITICO, accuses the EU executive of setting up rules keeping the public from seeing how much energy and water are used by individual data centers. This comes as public opposition to power-hungry AI data centers grows across Europe, while energy prices rise. Lighthouse Reports, a Netherlands-based non-profit conducting cross-border investigations of alleged government and corporate wrongdoing, accuses the Commission of building a "wall of silence" about energy consumption.

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