<p>➀ Ed meets water company lobbyists concerned about mandatory reporting of data centers' water usage under EU's CSRD and UK pressure;</p><p>➁ High-workload AI data centers consume water equivalent to towns of 50,000 people, sparking community resistance fears;</p><p>➂ Despite ethical concerns, Ed considers supporting reporting delays due to water firms' history of lucrative payouts to executives and shareholders.</p>