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The 10% Nobody Budgeted For
Germany's Energy Efficiency Act requires datacentres commissioned after July 2026 to redirect at least 10% of their waste heat, a rule public since 2023 that arrived before the offtaker ecosystem could support it. Operators now completing fit-out are engineering around the exemption clause rather than meeting the target, because the district heating networks the law assumes do not exist at the required density. The 20% mandate in 2028 will not permit the same approach.
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We finally have a definition · it's still half the problem
The EU-OECD AI Literacy Framework, released 18 June 2026, is the most coherent curriculum structure of its kind: four domains, 19 competences, offline adaptations for under-resourced schools. It does not credential, fund teacher upskilling, or close the 9.7-million ICT specialist gap the EU's Digital Decade requires by 2030. Article 4 of the AI Act has obligated staff training since February 2025. The framework is guidance rather than law, and the enforcement clock is already running.
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The Methane Stack Is Being Built From Orbit Down · The EU Isn't Waiting
One satellite, under two years in orbit, and already 5,000 distinct emission sources flagged. The regulation is already here; the hardware is catching up.
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Four levels of sovereign, and the clause that decides everything
Europe finally has a legal text for digital sovereignty, and a four-tier scale that decides who wins a tender. Everyone is watching Level 4 defence. The clause that actually decides the money is a trapdoor buried in third-country recognition.
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Brussels finally wrote sovereignty into a statute. The graveyard it's walking into is well-marked.
Brussels has finally written sovereignty into binding law, and the top rungs of CADA's ladder are built so a US-domiciled parent cannot reach them. The law will probably land. The timeline, on this institution's record, will slip badly.
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