US Tech Giants Lobby EU to Bury Data Center Emissions in Confidentiality Clause

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

A new report by Investigate Europe details how US tech giants (incl. Google, Amazon and Meta) aggressively and successfully lobbied EU regulators and politicians to keep the environmental harm caused by their euro-zone datacenters secret from the public. https://www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/big-tech-data-centres-secrecy-eu-law-environment-footprint #bigtech #environment #climate #digitalimperialism

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

Investigators have discovered that the European Commission bowed to the demands of Big Tech lobbyists that the environmental impact of individual datacentres be kept out of the public eye. https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/legislation-regulation/eu-bowed-to-big-tech-lobbying-to-keep-datacentre-impact-secret?utm_source=mastodon_org&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=Apr_Datacentre #DigitalEurope #microsoft #bigtech #lobby #eu #datacenter #emissions #technews #InvestigateEurope

#SiliconValley #EU #AI #DataCenters #pollution #PublicHealth 'The secrecy provision, which the European Commission added to its proposal almost verbatim after industry lobbying in 2024, hinders scrutiny of the pollution that individual datacentres emit.' https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions

#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

https://www.europesays.com/2914512/ Europeans have stopped trusting foreign tech firms with their data and Brussels is using that consensus as a weapon – Startup Fortune #België #belgien #Belgique #belgium #BigTech #ChinaTech #DataPrivacy #DigitalMarketsAct #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalSovereignty #EURegulation #Nachrichten #Nieuws #Nouvelles #TikTok

Report: EU Commission wants to involve US more closely in tech regulation A committee is to improve dialogue between the EU and the USA on tech regulation. Differences of opinion are to be discussed there in the future. https://www.heise.de/en/news/Report-EU-Commission-wants-to-involve-US-more-closely-in-tech-regulation-11245150.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon #Datenschutz #DigitalMarketsAct #DigitalServicesAct #DSGVO #Netzpolitik #Wettbewerbsrecht #Wirtschaft #news

Europeans have stopped trusting foreign tech firms with their data and Brussels is using that consensus as a weapon – Startup Fortune A new Politico survey finds 84% of EU citizens distrust US tech companies with their personal data, and… #Belgium #BE #Europe #Europa #EU #België #belgien #Belgique #belgium #BigTech #chinatech #Dataprivacy #DigitalMarketsAct #digitalservicesact #digitalsovereignty #EUregulation #Nachrichten #Nieuws #Nouvelles #TikTok https://www.europesays.com/2914512/

https://www.europesays.com/be/11176/ Europeans have stopped trusting foreign tech firms with their data and Brussels is using that consensus as a weapon – Startup Fortune #BigTech #Brussels #ChinaTech #Data/Privacy #DigitalMarketsAct #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalSovereignty #EURegulation #TikTok

https://www.europesays.com/dk/59728/ Europeans have stopped trusting foreign tech firms with their data and Brussels is using that consensus as a weapon – Startup Fortune #Belgium #BigTech #Brussels #ChinaTech #Data/Privacy #DigitalMarketsAct #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalSovereignty #EURegulation #tiktok

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/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/868751/ Criticism of a potential cooperation between the EU Commission and U.S. authorities • Table.Briefings #DigitalMarketsAct #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalSovereignty #EU #Europe #European