US tech companies, including Microsoft, successfully lobbied the EU to include a confidentiality clause that restricts public access to datacentre emissions data.

TL;DR: US tech companies, led by Microsoft, succeeded in lobbying the EU to include a confidentiality clause that obscures the environmental impacts of datacentres, limiting public access to crucial green metrics. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum

US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret | Microsoft | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions "Legally questionable confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of Microsoft and trade groups" #BigTech #Capitalism #ClimateCrisis #EU #Europe

US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret | Microsoft | The Guardian #climate #datacenters #eu https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions

US tech firms successfully "lobbied" EU to keep datacentre emissions secret Legally questionable confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of Microsoft and trade groups https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions #Microsoft #Google #Amazon #Meta #Netflix #AI #environment #corruption #technology #datacenters #emissions #EU

#Microsoft and other #US #tech companies successfully lobbied the #EU to hide the environmental toll of their datacentres .. 👉🏻 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions

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#US #tech companies, including #Microsoft, successfully lobbied the #EU to keep #datacentreemissions data confidential. This secrecy provision, adopted almost verbatim from industry demands, hinders scrutiny of individual datacentre pollution and may violate EU #transparency rules and the #Aarhusconvention. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions?eicker.news #tech #media #news

The Guardian: US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret. “Microsoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to hide the environmental toll of their datacentres, an investigation has found, with demands to block a database of green metrics from public view written almost word for word into EU rules.” https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/17/the-guardian-us-tech-firms-successfully-lobbied-eu-to-keep-datacentre-emissions-secret/

US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions It's so discouraging to be constantly reminded that governments don't typically work "for the people" :-/