Following on the heels of the massive proposed gas-powered data center complex in Ohio led by OpenAI with backing from Nvidia, Anthropic moving forward with its own massive gas-powered data center complex in Texas with backing from Google. [gift link]

Exclusive | Banks in Talks to Lend $15 Billion for Anthropic Data Center Backed by Google

Google’s guarantees of power and lease obligations would help the developer secure financing for the 1.6-gigawatt Texas project.

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EU launches AI Gigafactories call to boost Europe's computing capacity and the Commission has signed letters of intent with major US hardware providers. Who has given the Commission the mandate to spend the public's money on dirty data centres? #StopDatacentre #dkpol ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

EU launches AI Gigafactories call to boost Europe\'s computing capacity and unlock more than €30 billion in investment

The EU today launched a call for tenders to establish up to seven AI Gigafactories across Europe, as part of its latest major push to accelerate Europe\'s technological sovereignty and ambition of bec...

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We must demand that EU halts all data centre projects. #StopDatacentre #StopDataCentres #StopUSBigTech

EU's data centre expansion will fast-track profits and power for US Big Tech and investors

The global competition to ‘win’ the AI-race is driving an unparalleled expansion of large-scale data centres across the world. Cloaked in a narrative of pursuing European tech sovereignty and adopting...

somo.nl

Here are valid arguments for a Europe-wide moratorium on datacenters in order to have time to assess whether the expansion is necessary, sustainable and in the public interest. #stopdatacentre #dkpol #StopUSBigTech

The Case for a Temporary Moratorium on Large Data Centers in Europe

Michelle Thorne, Aurora Gomez Delgado, Fieke Jansen and Rosi Leonard argue the EU should pause new data centers until it proves they are in the public interest.

techpolicy.press

Datacenters in space are in no way in the public's interests. Big Tech is trying to destroy our planet and now we must stop them from destroying space. #StopDatacentre #StopBigTech

Space datacenters proposed by Musk and Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn

New US petition demands review of plans from tech companies amid fears of environmental destruction

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Is "continuous and cheap electricity, rapid grid connections, permissive data-center zoning, massive capital concentration" what we want to pay for AI in EU? Is EU really doomed without AI? #resistAI #AI #dkpol www.techpolicy.press/mythos-and-t...

Mythos and the Coming End of European Digital Sovereignty

Igor Sevenard and Richard J. Cook argue that Europe’s AI future depends on building domestic capabilities rather than relying on foreign systems.

techpolicy.press

Thanks to all the participants from #bornhack that took part in the data centre resistance workgroup 18 July 2026 held by Datacenterkritisk Arbejdsgruppe. Together we will #stopdatacentre globally. #StopDirtyDataCentres #dkpol

Two days to our workshop at #Bornhack about international collaboration against data centres. Come and join us Saturday 3pm 🕒⚡🔨🔨🔨 #StopDatacentre #StopDirtyDataCentres

Hvem gavner AI og datacentre globalt? De få tech milliardærer eller befolkningen? #StopDatacentre #StopDirtyDataCentres

Datacentres are a ticking timebomb. We must make sure AI’s benefits outweigh the costs | Nicki Hutley

They suck up energy and water, and blast out heat. Just who is better off from all this investment – aside from tech bros?

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Big Techs CO2 forurening fra primært datacentre i voldsom vækst. #StopDatacentre #StopDirtyDataCentres www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Datacentres drive up big tech’s carbon emissions to a third of those of France

Microsoft, Amazon and Google say they still aim to achieve net zero output despite construction boom

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Data centers are becoming an incredibly contentious issue — and many communities are fighting back. @parismarx.com spoke with Saul Levin to learn more about the pushback and moratoriums being won across the United States. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/334_...

Hvad skal vi med Google i Danmark? Og hvad skal vi med deres datacentre? #deGoogle #StopDatacentre

Google bygger endnu et kæmpe-datacenter i Fredericia på 30.000 kvadratmeter

Google bygger endnu et kæmpe-datacenter i Fredericia

computerworld.dk

Thanks @realerinbrockovich.bsky.social for standing up against the data centres. And yes. It is a global problem and we have to work together and unite in our battle against the unregulated big tech companies. #StopDataCentres #StopDirtyDataCentres #resistAI

‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres

In 1993, she squeezed a $333m settlement from a Californian energy company in a scandal over contaminated water. Three decades later, she has a new target in her sights – and it’s global

theguardian.com

Deltag i bl.a. diskussion og workshop om datacentre og få input til hvordan man lokalt kan stoppe datacentre.

Resist AI@resistai.bsky.social · last mo.

Her er en mulighed for at møde ligesindede ildsjæle du kan tale med om AI og datacentre. #resistAI #stopdatacentre dukop.dk/10044/

Join the stop data centers movement at the #Bornhack festival. Let's make an European network like the Stop Data Centres Coalition. #StopDirtyDataCentres #stopdatacentre www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2026/06/12/s...

The New Coalition Taking on Big Tech’s AI Data Centers

The Stop Data Centers Coalition brings hundreds of organizations and communities together to stop Big Tech’s AI data centers.

foodandwaterwatch.org

Mon Newsom spiller på den rigtige hest mht. datacentre. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Gavin Newsom’s data center gamble

As other Democratic governors seize on data centers in a national fight over the AI boom, Newsom says it’s not the issue.

politico.com

Great work by @hannahdaly.ie related to data centre expansions in Ireland. Data centres are using way too much of Ireland's electricity and causing large co2 emissions. #StopDirtyDataCentres #StopDataCentre

Data centre electricity demand could exceed entire power usage of Irish Republic

AI Committee tee up

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May roundup on tech litigation from Tech Justice Law’s Madeline Batt. This month covers environmental law cases in Minnesota and Memphis that are challenging data center development, along with other legal developments in the US.

Environmental Lawsuits Present Roadblock for the AI Data Center Boom

Madeline Batt of the Tech Justice Law highlights key developments in tech litigation from the past month.

buff.ly

Kan ikke umiddelbart se om der er nævnt noget om datacentre i det nye regeringsgrundlag. Har du observeret noget? Og hvad tror du regeringens politik bliver på det område? #StopDatacentre #dkpol

Det politiske grundlag for firkløverregeringen

stm.dk

The DIGS Lab at the University of Virginia reviewed 700+ federal, state & local policies related to data centers. Project lead Dr. Lauren E. Bridges writes that while the era of unchecked growth fueled by tax breaks is waning, the new regulatory regime is fragmented, reactive, and heavily contested.

The State of Data Center Policy in the United States

The DIGS Lab at the University of Virginia reviewed more than 700 federal, state, and local policies related to data centers, writes Dr. Lauren E. Bridges.

buff.ly

Ved Dan Jørgensen hvilken type AI lobbyisterne henviser til når de taler om fremtidige klimagevinster? De er nemlig dygtige til at skabe forvirring om AI/GAI og energiforbrug og datacenter kapacitet. #Stopdatacentre

Resist AI@resistai.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Flere problematiske forhold. Prøv at spørge Dan J. om: - hvilken type AI der vil gøre energieffektivisering og den grønne omstilling nemmere og billigere at udrulle? -hvorfor @ec.europa.eu hemmeliggør energiforbrug og co2 emissioner - hvor mange datacentre der er i EU #dkpol #resistAI

Here is a very informative conversion between @ramshajahangir.bsky.social, @nicoschmidt.io and Christiaan van Veen about the @ec.europa.eu laws about data centres and the limited public insight into energy use, emissions and capacity utilisation. #Stopdatacentre #dkpol

Why the EU's Data Center Boom Is a Black Box

Senior editor Ramsha Jahangir speaks with Investigate Europe journalist Nico Schmidt and Leitmotiv cofounder Christiaan van Veen.

techpolicy.press

Every Dutch household must submit meter readings. Many big tech data centers don’t. At Leitmotiv, we monitor data center transparency in Europe through more elaborate research on the implementation of the EED — and make it relevant to other parts of the world as well. Read about all our findings

Samme scenarie foregår i Danmark, hvor det er det vilde vesten for opførelse af nye data centre. #StopDatacentre #dkpol

Greenpeace International 🌍@greenpeace.org · 2mo ago

The AI data centre frenzy is unfolding across Australia so fast that most people still have no idea what’s actually being built, or what it could mean for our future.⁣

Mon Bregentved tror den politiske debat om datacentre bliver mindre skadelig for jordbesiddere end traditionelt landbrug? Begge typer arealanvendelse har enorme negative miljø- og klimakonsekvenser. #stopdatacentre #dkpol

Et af landets største godser vil sælge jord til omstridt datacenter: 'Det forventede afkast på landbrug i Danmark er jo relativt beskedent'

Det bliver ikke lettere at drive landbrug i fremtiden, forudser ét af landets største godser. Så indtægterne fra et datacenter er ikke til at sige nej til.

dr.dk

Nej #DR. I kan ikke forlade jer på at lave en "faktaboks" fra lobbyorganisationen #Datacenterindustrien. De har glemt at oplyse om hvem der står bag datacentrene, at de opføres for at profitere på forventet eksplosivt forbrugerdrevet GAI. #stopdatacentre #StopDirtyDataCentres #klimahandling #dkpol

Datacentrene vælter op over hele landet og sluger strøm som storbyer: Nu vil borgmestre have en plan

Strømforbruget er enormt, og protesterne bliver flere og flere. Så Christiansborg må på banen, lyder det fra borgmestre.

dr.dk

70 data centre construction jobs announced today… www.rte.ie/news/busines... …meanwhile five times as many will be lost due to the AI data race www.rte.ie/news/busines... This is not environmentally or economically sustainable!

Around 350 Irish-based jobs under threat at Meta

Around 350 Irish-based jobs are under threat at Facebook parent company Meta, with staff receiving early morning emails notifying them if they will be potentially impacted by the redundancies.

rte.ie

“Infrastructure underpinning the global digital economy is being embedded in communities that are already economically marginalised" Tasc has launched an online map showing the location of Dublin's data centres: www.greyboxproblem.ie/map www.thejournal.ie/nearly-90-of...

Nearly 90% of Dublin’s data centres are located in economically deprived communities

Tasc found that 84 of the 97 Dublin area data centres are in disadvantaged areas.

thejournal.ie

"For anti-data center activists there will be victories and losses but a coalition is taking shape, one that cuts across party lines and has people engaging with politics on a local level in a way that hasn’t been seen in decades." Noget lignende er ved at ske i Danmark. #stopdatacentre #dkpol

An Incomplete List of Successful Anti-Data Center Legislation

No one wants to live next to a noisy computer warehouse and communities across the country are successfully fighting them.

404media.co

Der er akut behov for politisk prioritering af eksisterende og fremtidige datacentre pga deres indflydelse på den knappe kapacitet i elnettet. Heldigvis ser det ud til at #Energinet får en bedre model for nettilslutningsaftaler. #stopdatacentre #dkpol