{"id":29700,"date":"2026-04-17T15:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/?p=29700"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:20:22","slug":"ivir-in-the-media-kristina-irion-cited-in-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/nl\/ivir-in-the-media-kristina-irion-cited-in-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"IViR in the Media: Kristina Irion cited in The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Guardian published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/apr\/17\/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/apr\/17\/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions\"><strong>article<\/strong><\/a> today about how the European Commission\u2019s allowed for expansive confidentiality \u00a0for data centres\u2019 reporting of energy consumption and emissions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/profile\/irion\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/profile\/irion\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ivir-red-color\">Kristina Irion<\/mark><\/a> who commented on this approach\u00a0concluded that this is a violation of EU law. She said the \u201csweeping presumption of confidentiality\u201d incorrectly benefits corporate interests over public access to at least some of the data. \u201cWhat deserves protection as confidential information affecting the commercial interests of datacentre companies should be determined on a case-by-case basis.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This investigation was led and coordinated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investigate-europe.eu\/posts\/big-tech-data-centres-secrecy-eu-law-environment-footprint\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.investigate-europe.eu\/posts\/big-tech-data-centres-secrecy-eu-law-environment-footprint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Investigate Europe<\/a>, a cross-border journalism team. The story is being published with media partners including Die Zeit, El Pa\u00eds, EU Observer, the Guardian, the Journal, Le Monde and Tech Policy Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret. 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