Electrocutions, disease and no pay: how workers risk exploitation in Europe’s datacentres
An investigation reports that some workers constructing European datacentres face unsafe working conditions, pressure to work long shifts, and fear of retaliation. One electrical tester at a Google datacentre in Saint-Ghislain, Belgium, said he performed safety tests without protective equipment because retrieving it would have delayed the job.
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