How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres' environmental toll

🤐 Big Tech's Climate Cover-Up: How Secretive Data Centres Hide Their Environmental Impact

Big Tech companies have successfully lobbied for secrecy in EU law, shielding the environmental toll of their data centres from public scrutiny, and undermining efforts to hold them accountable for their ecological footprint. This lack of transparency allows them to operate with relative impunity, as their environmental impact remains hidden from view.

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title: How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres' environmental toll
additional: 🤐 Big Tech's Climate Cover-Up: How Secretive Data Centres Hide Their Environmental Impact

Big Tech companies have successfully lobbied for secrecy in EU law, shielding the environmental toll of their data centres from public scrutiny, and undermining efforts to hold them accountable for their ecological footprint. This lack of transparency allows them to operate with relative impunity, as their environmental impact remains hidden from view.
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