Tech companies lobbied away stricter rules on gas-powered data centers
Engadget | 14.05.2026 17:49
A pollution watchdog has dropped a proposed ruling that could have cut CO2 emissions from data centers "dozens of times faster" than the current system, The Financial Times reports. Following lobbying by tech industry groups, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) decided to not recommend a protocol that would have made it more difficult for tech companies to use clean energy investments to offset fossil fuel pollution.
