
Europe’s data centres: A nature report card
A first-of-its-kind report that compares how Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple integrate nature across their European data centres, and reveals how much restoration would be required to balance their annual emissions.
A learning resource for an industry at a turning point
As Europe’s data centre landscape continues to expand, the question is how technology and nature can thrive together. Learn from those at the forefront:
- Benchmark the leaders. See how the world’s largest tech companies perform on land use, biodiversity, water and nature restoration.
- Learn from real sites. Explore practical examples from heat reuse in Finland and rainwater collection in Sweden to brownfield development in the UK and river restoration in Spain.
- Quantify the impact. Find out how much nature would be required to balance a single year of emissions from major European data centres.
- Understand the gaps. Uncover four crucial areas where today’s approaches fall short, and what must change for operators to create positive outcomes locally.
- Prepare for what’s next. Get ahead of the shifts shaping 2026 and where the sector is heading next.