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Backlash over data centers tests Europe's AI ambitions
Published Saturday, September 26, 2026
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Key points are extracted by an AI model and may contain errors or omissions. Always check the original sources.- According to the German Ministry for Economic Affairs, for every kilowatt-hour of electricity consumed, an average of between 0.4 and 4.4 liters of water is used to cool data centers.
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- Deutsche Welle
The article emphasizes the tension between Europe's desire for digital sovereignty and the local environmental and resource challenges posed by building the necessary data centers.
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