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Marta Pacheco

EU moves to curb energy and water for data centres

The European Union is writing the sustainability rulebook for AI's power-hungry future, but tech giants like Microsoft are already weighing in on how the bloc's new rules should work.

EU data centres with more than 500 kW of installed capacity that report under the bloc's energy efficiency rules will receive an electronic sustainability label as of 21 September, according to new rules unveiled by the European Commission on Monday.

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