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Europe Wants Data Centers. Its Climate Goals Are Getting in The Way
Earlier this year, the German government laid out an ambitious plan : By 2030, it would double the scale of the country’s data center fleet, and quadruple the amount of compute available for running artificial intelligence models.
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Earlier this year Germany announced a plan to double its data‑center capacity and quadruple the compute power available for artificial‑intelligence models by 2030, aiming to lessen reliance on the United States and stimulate its economy. The initiative faces a clash with the EU’s climate agenda, as member states have pledged to cut greenhouse‑gas emissions by 55 percent by the decade’s end. Policies designed to meet those emissions targets are now hindering the push for a rapid expansion of data‑center construction.
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