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North Devon residents revolt against vast AI datacentre plans
Original: 🤖 ‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre Plans for one of Europ
Plans for one of Europe's largest AI datacentre campuses in north Devon, within a Unesco-designated biosphere reserve, have sparked fierce local opposition. Residents are campaigning against the development, citing its scale and the threat to the protected landscape, with organisers saying people are standing up and fighting back against the project.
Why now: Large AI datacentre proposals are provoking community backlash over land, energy and environmental impacts, and this case affects a protected Unesco reserve.
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- 🤖 ‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlashThe datacentre revolt spreading across the US has reached the… · feed@igeek.gamer-geek-news.com · 3
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