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The EU mandates that all large data centres built/commissioned from July this year will make use of waste heat:

Sounds like part of the reason all the biggest AI data centers are being built outside the EU...

It's more like there are a lot of building restrictions and fines. Overloading the local power systems. Building illegal turbines.

If you can get paid on your waste heat why wouldn't you like that?

"can" and "must" are two different situations.