Copy, paste, govern | Corporate Europe Observatory
corporateeurope.org
The EU Commission’s policy on data centres keeps information on individual centres' energy and water use under wraps. Research now reveals the Commission copied and pasted an amendment suggested by Microsoft and Digital Europe. The aim? In the face of growing resistance, to prevent NGOs from obtaining information on data centres.

The EU Commission’s policy on data centres keeps information on individual centres’ energy and water use under wraps. Research by Corporate Europe Observatory and AlgorithmWatch, and published by Investigate Europe and media across Europe, reveals the Commission copied and pasted an amendment suggested by Microsoft and the lobby group Digital Europe. The aim? In the face of growing resistance, to prevent NGOs from obtaining information on energy-hungry data centres.