Dossier
green metrics database
Coverage of green metrics database in the Nexus archive.
- US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret
US tech firms, including Microsoft and trade groups, successfully lobbied the EU to include a confidentiality clause in its rules, hiding datacentre emissions data. This provision, adopted verbatim from industry demands in 2024, restricts public access to green metrics, hindering environmental scrutiny.