Marine Tondelier: Eliminate the possibility of labeling data centers as a "major national interest project"
Proposal put forward by Marine Tondelier on July 15, 2026. Topic: Siting and Land. The observatory also publishes quotes from 9 other public figures on this topic.
Regulate the establishment of data centers. Eliminate the possibility of labeling data centers as a "major national interest project" (PINM), exempting them from impact assessments.
Original quote (French)
Encadrer l’implantation des data centers. Supprimer la possibilité de labelliser des data centers « projet d’intérêt national majeur » (PINM) les exonérant d’études d’impact.Source: marinetondelier.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
- Delphine Batho: Subjecting the proliferation of data centers to collective debate
- 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
- 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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