# Electrocutions, disease and unpaid wages: how workers face exploitation at Europe’s datacentres

https://mins.news/en/item/121889

- The Guardian, 2026-10-30 05:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/30/electrocutions-disease-and-no-pay-how-workers-risk-exploitation-in-europes-datacentres

> A five-month Guardian and Investigate Europe investigation found migrant workers at datacentre sites in Sweden, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands facing dangerous conditions, poor housing, unpaid wages and exploitative employment practices. Sandu, an electrical tester at a Google site in Saint-Ghislain, Belgium, says he suffered an arc-flash electrocution when lines unexpectedly remained live, burning 12% of his body. Local inspectors found no wrongdoing.