Delphine Batho: Subjecting the proliferation of data centers to collective debate
Proposal put forward by Delphine Batho on June 22, 2026. Topic: Siting and Land. The observatory also publishes quotes from 9 other public figures on this topic.
Is it really reasonable to line our cities with illuminated advertising screens, to equip ourselves with clothes dryers, to launch ourselves without debate into the proliferation of data centers, or into 6G after 5G? All of these are collective choices that must be debated.
Original quote (French)
Est-ce bien raisonnable de tapisser nos villes d’écrans publicitaires lumineux, de nous équiper de sèche-linge, de se lancer sans débat dans la multiplication des data centers, ou encore dans la 6G après la 5G ? Autant de choix collectifs qui doivent être débattus.Source: generationecologie.fr · archived copy
Other candidates on this topic
- Bruno Le Maire: Ten-year programming laws covering data centers, supercomputers and semiconductors
- Bruno Retailleau: Raising sovereign computing capacity to around 1 GW by 2030, then toward 4 GW in 2035-2038
- Dominique de Villepin: Require priority siting of data centers on brownfield sites
- François Ruffin: Regulate data center siting by favoring French groups with state capital
- Gabriel Attal: Raising Europe's share of global computing power from 3% to 20%
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Decree a moratorium on the installation of non-sovereign data centers, without public participation
- Marine Tondelier: Bringing data centers back within the scope of the Commission nationale du débat public
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: Having mega data-processing and hosting centers that produce heat
- Xavier Bertrand: States that France can impose its conditions on data centers located on its soil
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