This a particularly egregious and shocking example of corporate influence.

As the Commission is currently working on an update of the Delegated Act, it should now redo its homework and delete the copy-pasted Microsoft amendment

The AI infrastructure boom is putting immense pressure on energy and water supplies, and threatens the EU’s climate goals.

In the face of growing resistance, Big Tech has successfully lobbied the EU to keep information on individual data centres secret in little noticed Delegated Act.

BREAKING

New research together with @algorithmwatch shows how the European Commission has copy-pasted a Microsoft amendment.
The amendment will keep key information on energy-guzzling data centres hidden.

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https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/copy-paste-govern