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EU AI Act: impacts on AI data centers
Updated 2026-06-06•By Antoine Cazals — Voltarione•Read ~3 min
The AI Act (in force 2026) mandates energy transparency, conformity audits, carbon footprint reporting for GPAI models > 10^25 FLOPS.
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