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EU to AI businesses: Invest in America, not Europe

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Rogan, T. (2026, September 22). EU to AI businesses: Invest in America, not Europe. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4736250/eu-artificial-intelligence-businesses-invest-america-not-europe/

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The article reports that the European Union's new artificial intelligence regulation may inadvertently push tech companies to invest in America instead of Europe due to stringent sustainability requirements for data centers. Over the past decade, the U.S. economy has grown nearly twice as fast as the EU’s, with a per capita GDP 85% higher at $32.5 trillion compared to the EU's $23.1 trillion. The regulation will require AI-powered data centers to report water usage and energy efficiency, potentially discouraging investment in an already scarce European data center market. This policy reflects the EU’s approach of regulating technology rather than fostering innovation, contrasting sharply with the more business-friendly stance in the U.S.

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The Washington Examiner reported on EU regulations aimed at artificial intelligence (AI) businesses, suggesting that such measures could discourage investment in Europe compared to the U.S. The U.S. economy has grown nearly twice as fast as the EU's over the past decade, with per capita GDP now around 85% higher in America than in the European Union. In 2008, excluding the United Kingdom (which left the EU in 2020), both economies were roughly equal; however, this economic divergence is attributed to factors like U.S. productivity growth and dominance in technology sectors.

Despite these disparities, the EU’s new AI regulations propose stringent requirements for energy efficiency and sustainability in data centers, which may hinder business investment within its borders. For instance, Politico noted that the regulation will necessitate AI-powered data centers to disclose their water usage and clean energy consumption metrics, potentially deterring smaller companies due to compliance costs. This approach contrasts sharply with what one might expect from EU leaders who should prioritize learning from American economic successes rather than imposing barriers that could widen the existing economic gap between the two regions.

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But in a further textbook example of the EU’s business mentality delusion, Jorgensen (who was a university lecturer on the environment before becoming a left-wing politician in Denmark) says his “overall message to the Big Tech sector is: We want AI, of course, we want data centers, we want Europe to be a place for investments, but it’s in the interest of them and of the European Union that we do it in a way that is sustainable.

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Claims (22 extracted, 5 hedged)

The U.S. economy has grown at nearly double the rate of the EU economy over the past 10 years. asserted

economy → grow → years

U.S. GDP now stands at $32.5 trillion, and EU GDP at just below $23.1 trillion. asserted

GDP → stand → trillion

In 2008, excluding the United Kingdom from the EU calculation (the U.K. left the EU in 2020), the two economies were roughly equal in size. asserted

economies → exclude → size

But it ultimately reflects the American capitalist model’s superior service of human interests over the socialist-lite EU model. asserted

it → reflect → model

You’d expect EU leaders to want to do all they could to learn from the American experience. uncertain

they → expect → experience

But that would require common sense. asserted

that → require → sense

Instead, the EU’s new artificial intelligence regulation suggests that the political union wants only to help America widen its economic lead. uncertain

America → suggest → lead

As Politico reports, the regulation will require AI-powered data centers to display a graded measure of their water usage, energy efficiency, and clean energy usage. asserted

regulation → report → usage

While smaller data centers will be excluded from mandatory reporting to start, EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen told Politico that “later we are also going to introduce minimum performance standards which, of course, will put more pressure on those who may not voluntarily wish to be as sustainable as we want them to.” uncertain

them → exclude → those

Politico notes that the EU is “expected to tighten the screws by setting mandatory sustainability thresholds for newly built or retrofitted data centers.” asserted

EU → note → centers

Considering that the EU already has a severe deficit of data centers, this new rule really isn’t very clever. asserted

rule → consider → centers

that → become → way

And we will be setting demands for them. asserted

we → set → them

Facing this insipid arrogance and the EU’s already crisis-level lack of computing power, one imagines AI developers might quickly respond, “We’ll be off to America, then.” uncertain

We → face → America

It’s not just that this regulation is distinctly anti-growth per se. asserted

regulation → ’ → ?

It’s how it underlines the EU’s view of the technology industry as something to be restrained rather than empowered. asserted

it → ’ → something

It follows the EU’s constant extortion of American technology giants, for example. asserted

It → follow → example

But it also joins the EU’s AI Act, which was introduced in 2024. asserted

which → join → 2024

By imposing heavy regulatory burdens on AI developers, this act has deterred both start-ups and existing AI giants from investing in the EU. asserted

act → impose → EU

Facing the existing infrastructure and vast capital investment opportunities offered by the U.S. market, the EU should have fixated on providing an AI ease-of-doing-business model. asserted

EU → face → model

Instead, it has done the opposite. asserted

it → do → opposite

EU bureaucrats and politicians may toast themselves for knowing what’s best, but Europeans will bear the economic burden of their folly. uncertain

Europeans → toast → folly