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Europe Must Cool Its Datacenter Boom Before Water and Power Become the Bottleneck

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Grundfos warns Europe’s AI buildout may hit pipes and power before software

Europe’s datacenter wave is entering a phase where cooling is no longer a technical footnote, but a question of local water, grid capacity and political permission to grow.

28 May 2026

Italy Uses a 200% Tax to Push Data Centers Away From Farmland

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Italy draws a land-use line as data centers chase farmland for AI and cloud

An Italian local council is imposing a 200% tax on data-center development in agricultural zones, sending a blunt message: compute infrastructure should not take the easiest route through rural land.

27 May 2026