Probe exposes withheld wages, electrocutions at Europe's data centres
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-11-02
A five-month Investigate Europe probe with media in nine countries exposes harsh conditions building Europe's AI data centres: an electrical tester at Google's €5B Belgium campus was pressured into extra tests after 10-hour shifts, with refusals followed by firings; a Swedish union alleges a Microsoft-site contractor withheld €900k in wages for 78 workers. The series also documents electrocutions and 'mental terror'.
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