Europe’s Heat Wave Is the Worst on Record, Researchers Find
Corroborated by 3 sources from 3 publishers
TL;DR
Europe’s Heat Wave Is the Worst on Record, Researchers Find The community living next to the largest datacentre park in Europe say the scorching summer heat has grown unbearable. On days like Wednesday, said Nabeel Nawaz, the store manager of a Chaiiwala franchise in the centre of Slough, the heat is like something “pinching your body and burning your skin”. Ten miles (16km) west of Heathrow, Slough has become one of the largest datacentre hubs in the world, hosting an estimated 30 to 40 huge facilities, many of them on a campus in the centre of town.
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Bloomberg Green
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-26/europe-s-heat-wave-is-the-worst-on-record-researchers-find
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The Guardian (World)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/26/slough-is-like-an-experiment-europes-largest-datacentre-hub-leaves-town-sweltering
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Bloomberg Green
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-26/europe-s-brutal-heat-wave-is-set-to-spread-east-this-weekend
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The New York Times (World)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/weather/europe-heat-wave-temperatures.html
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Bloomberg Green
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-06-26/how-europe-coped-with-extreme-heat-this-week