Europe Wants Data Centers. Its Climate Goals Are Getting in The Way

Servers turn most of their electricity into heat, and Germany's 2023 Energy Efficiency Act required new data centers to reuse part of it, often by feeding it into municipal heating systems. The government cut that down to a feasibility check after operators said it blocked projects, as Europe weighs AI ambitions against a pledge to cut emissions 55 percent by the end of the decade.

Summary written with AI by HowTechMoves, based on reporting by Wired.