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Data Centres Hide Water and Power Use as Grid Electrification Push Accelerates

Data Centres Hide Water and Power Use as Grid Electrification Push Accelerates

Less than a quarter of the largest data centres in the Netherlands publish figures for their electricity and drinking water consumption, a year-long investigation reported on 30 September, even as grid operators forecast the sector will consume 10 to 15 percent of national power by 2030.

Economy30 September 20264 min readSources 9
Data centres hide their power use as grid squeeze tightens

Data centres hide their power use as grid squeeze tightens

Fewer than a quarter of the Netherlands' largest data centres publish figures on their electricity and drinking water consumption, according to research published on 30 September. The gap lands as grid operators forecast data centres will take 10 to 15 percent of Dutch power by 2030.

Economy30 September 20264 min readSources 9

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EU accused of hiding data center energy and water use as AI demand surges

EU accused of hiding data center energy and water use as AI demand surges

Lighthouse Reports filed a formal complaint against the European Commission this week, accusing it of building a "wall of silence" around how much energy and water individual data centers consume, POLITICO reported on 30 September.

Economy30 September 20263 min read
EU accused of hiding data centre energy and water data as AI build-out accelerates

EU accused of hiding data centre energy and water data as AI build-out accelerates

Lighthouse Reports filed a complaint under the Aarhus Convention on Monday 28 September accusing the European Commission of shielding the energy and water consumption of individual data centres from public scrutiny, as the EU pushes to triple data centre capacity.

Economy30 September 20266 min read
Toyota drops 1,675 lb caravan on Hilux BEV as FTC opens AI agent probe

Toyota drops 1,675 lb caravan on Hilux BEV as FTC opens AI agent probe

Toyota dropped a 1,675-pound caravan 30 feet onto the roof of its new electric Hilux at an airfield in Suffolk on 30 September, and the truck drove away. The same day, the US Federal Trade Commission opened an industry-wide investigation into Anthropic, OpenAI and the research group Metr.

Economy30 September 20265 min read
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Delhi cut grid losses from 50% to 5%, as electrification pushes energy demand down

Delhi has cut its electricity losses from around 50 percent to 5 percent, IEEE Spectrum reported on 29 September, in a dispatch that lands alongside new modelling showing electrification will shrink total global energy demand rather than grow it.

Economy29 September 20263 min read
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Electrification cuts global energy demand by 40% as Europe's power bill stays high

The world would need about 40% less final energy once its energy system is electrified, according to an analysis published on 29 September by researcher Hannah Ritchie, even as high prices keep pressure on European industry.

Economy29 September 20264 min read
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Electricity cushions Europe's gas shock as oil windfalls flow elsewhere

Europe's electrified power system absorbed this year's energy price shock far better than gas, but storage and flexibility are still lagging, according to analysis published on 30 September.

Economy29 September 20265 min read
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Electrification Is an Efficiency Play: Delhi's Grid Fix and the Energy Math Behind It

Delhi cut power losses from 50% to 5%, IEEE Spectrum reported on 29 September, the same day an analysis argued electrification will shrink global final energy demand by about 40%.

Economy29 September 20266 min read
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Energy bills and the AI boom: what Europe's power crunch means for industry

Oil at $101 a barrel in April and a data centre land rush from Canada to Europe: the energy story industry is watching in autumn 2026 is about who gets the power, and at what price.

Economy29 September 20264 min read
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EU signs Orange Business for TESTA-EIRIS backbone as energy costs squeeze industry

Orange Business will run the European Union's new TESTA-EIRIS private communications backbone, the company said on 29 September, a contract that lands as Europe's industry absorbs a fresh energy price shock.

Economy29 September 20267 min read
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US clean energy lost 36,949 jobs in 2025, the first drop since the pandemic

The United States shed 36,949 clean energy jobs in 2025, the first annual decline since the pandemic, according to E2's analysis of Department of Energy employment data reported by Electrek on 28 September.

Economy29 September 20263 min read
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Newfoundland Opens Door to AI Data Centres as Electrification Reshapes Energy Demand

Newfoundland and Labrador's energy minister said the province's door is "open for business" to AI data centre developers, CBC News reported on 29 September, as new research argues electrification will cut global final energy demand by around 40%.

Economy29 September 20264 min read
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Electrification Cuts Energy Demand, but Europe's Industry Is Paying for the Shock First

Electrification means the world will need less energy after the transition, according to a 29 September analysis by Hannah Ritchie, even as high oil, gas and diesel prices keep squeezing European industry and households.

Economy29 September 20266 min read