Petition calls for EU to mandate 100% renewable energy for new data centres
15h ago· 2 min readenOpinion
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Summary
The article argues that the rapid expansion of energy-hungry data centres in Europe, driven by AI growth, is driving up electricity prices. It calls for a petition demanding that new data centres be powered by 100% renewable energy to protect consumers and fight climate change.
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· 4 pulledThousands of enormous, energy-hungry data centres, forcing up electricity prices for all of us.
In Ireland alone, they already consume 20% of the country's electricity.
New data centres in Europe should only be built if they can be powered by renewable energy.
We could fight climate change and b
Thousands of energy-hungry data centres are being built across Europe. Our bills depend on how they’re powered - expensive fossil fuels or homegrown, renewable energy. Sign the petition to call on the EU: Make data centres run on 100% new, renewable energ
