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Electrocutions, disease and no pay: how workers risk exploitation in Europe’s datacentres
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a health story. The Guardian World is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 30 Oct 2026, 05:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Electrocutions, disease and no pay: how workers risk exploitation in Europe’s datacentres”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
As thousands of datacentres are constructed across Europe, the Guardian and Investigate Europe have uncovered disturbing evidence that some workers building them are exposed to dangerous conditions and living in fear of speaking out Sandu* checked his watch. He was winding down the last 15 minutes of his shift at…
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- First reported by The Guardian World
Electrocutions, disease and no pay: how workers risk exploitation in Europe’s datacentres
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- The Guardian