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EU Commission to require data centres to disclose energy and water use

Original: EU-Kommission: Rechenzentren müssen Energie- und Wasserverbrauch offenlegen https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://stadt-br emer

The European Commission has introduced rules requiring data centres to disclose their energy and water consumption. The reporting obligations are aimed at improving transparency over the resources used by digital infrastructure at a time of rapidly growing demand driven by cloud services and artificial intelligence. The report from stadt-bremerhaven.de highlights debate over the environmental footprint of data centres across the EU.

Why now: Growing concern over the environmental impact of data centres amid the AI-driven boom in computing demand.

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• EU-Kommission: Rechenzentren müssen Energie- und Wasserverbrauch offenlegen https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://stadt-br emerhaven.de/eu-kommission-rechenzentren-muessen-energie-und-wasserverbrauch-offenlegen/ · stadt-bremerhaven.de@web.brid.gy · 1

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