BerlinData-centre electricity use may quadruple by 2045, a ministry study says.
After Chancellor Friedrich Merz agreed closer AI cooperation with Nvidia, Germany’s government is weakening efficiency rules.
Its data-centre strategy more than doubles capacity from about 2 to over 4 gigawatts by 2030.
Official estimates rest on voluntary industry surveys, so current power and water use is only patchily documented.
The Bundestag is expected to pass the weakened Energy Efficiency Act in November.
How each outlet framed it
- netzpolitik.org leans critical
- frames the rule rollback as a concession to Big Tech, contrasting Merz-Huang cooperation with the unused waste-heat provision and the 2045 power forecast
Sources: netzpolitik.org