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At the forefront - Environmental impact of data centers: energy chasms

In full growth, the electricity consumption of data centers already represented 1.5% of global demand in 2024. Energy-intensive, data centers are nevertheless essential to sovereignty…

Source: France 24February 17, 2026 at 10:09 AM

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Published on: 02/17/2026 - 11:09

In full growth, the electricity consumption of data centers already represented 1.5% of global demand in 2024. Energy-intensive, data centers are nevertheless essential to the digital sovereignty of States. A problem deciphered by Léa le Pezron, design engineer at the GEODE research center at Paris 8 University, Marlene de Bank, digital project engineer, as well as David Fardel, France manager of BSI Group, a standards certification company.

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