With seemingly insatiable demand, traditional data center hotspots in Europe are becoming saturated, stimulating the emergence of alternative data center hubs in places such as Barcelona, Rome, Warsaw, and Helsinki. A group of panelists came together at the Capacity Europe conference in London last week to discuss the drivers and restrictors of growth on the continent. One of the main hurdles shared by many of the panelists was the approach to regulating AI in Europe, and the stifling impact this was having on the tech sector. “I think it’s a tragedy,” said Tom Glover, EMEA Head of Data Centre Transactions at JLL. “The EU is trying to regulate too heavily, and we won’t be able to compete with the US…