EU tells Big Tech to align AI data centres with climate goals or stay away
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EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen says AI companies are welcome in Europe only if they commit to the bloc’s climate goals. The warning comes as a planned data centre sustainability label is delayed over a nuclear power dispute, and only 36 per cent of data centres have reported their energy use.
The European Union’s energy chief has told the AI industry it is welcome in Europe, but only on the bloc’s terms. In an interview with Politico, Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen said companies must demonstrate commitment to the EU’s energy, climate, and environmental goals if they want to build data centres on the continent.
That means supporting renewable and nuclear power rather than fossil fuels, and recycling the enormous quantities of waste heat that servers produce. “If we use just half of the excess waste heat today, we could heat 4 million European homes,” Jørgensen said.
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