powerOCTOBER 24, 2026 • 14:30 CET
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MegaWatt Intelligence Desk
Executive Briefing (TL;DR)
- As opposition to data center expansion grows, policymakers may eventually look beyond power and water consumption to ask whether the digital services those facilities support justify their environmental and infrastructure costs
Could the Societal Value of Workloads Shape Data Center Policy?
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As opposition to data center expansion grows, policymakers may eventually look beyond power and water consumption to ask whether the digital services those facilities support justify their environmental and infrastructure costs.
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