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The vast majority of data centers in Europe keep information about their environmental impact secret, according to a study by Lighthouse Report in collaboration with Trouw and other European media. In the Netherlands, less than a quarter of larger data centers publish data about their electricity and drinking water usage.

The researchers spent a year trying to obtain data on data centers’ environmental impact in Europe, invoking freedom of information laws in various European countries. Their attempts have yielded no results.

An unauthorized party abused a private Danish company's legitimate access to the country's Central Population Register (CPR), exposing names, addresses, identification numbers, and other personal information about approximately 8.8 million people.


...but ID card data would be 100% safe. Really.

By Tyler Durden

For most of 2026, the bear case on the US power producers could be summed up in one sentence: nobody is signing data center PPAs in PJM. Last week Amazon did. This morning Google did, too, and this one is five times bigger.

A single piece of paper filed in a local court could soon give massive corporations the power to erase your entire digital existence without a criminal conviction. Representative Darrell Issa has quietly introduced H.R. 10364, the American Copyright Protection Act of 2026, a bill that fundamentally threatens how the global internet operates. 

Technology companies issued as much as $300 billion in guarantees tied to AI data centers and chips over the past year, according to a Financial Times analysis.

These aren’t conventional loans. They’re something called residual value guarantees, and the way they work is almost elegant in how much they hide.

If you're disenchanted with Windows 11 and modern flat user interfaces in general, you have our sympathies. If you miss the gradients, transparency, and overall look of Windows in the Noughties, but want Debian stability and Xfce simplicity, Kumander Linux 3 offers an appealing combination. 


Kumander Linux 3.0 RC1 is ready - Here's the complete project status

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u02BsDObDLg&t=433