Our society’s growing reliance on digital technologies such as AI incurs an ever-growing ecological footprint. Kristina Irion, Associate Professor at the Institute for Information Law, examines the European Union law and policy surrounding data centres. In a recent article, she and co-author Jessica Commins explain why, despite measures to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy consumption, the unfettered growth of the data centres sector jeopardizes the achievement of the 2030 sustainability goal.
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