#nodatacentres — Public Fediverse posts
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So, the only way to clean up an industrial site in a sensitive environmental area ( #FerodoSite ) is to build a datacenter? Ummm... Makes perfect sense!
'Terrifying' 101-acre #datacentre plans would be 'heartbreaking', campaigners warn
Liam Evans, BBC Wales, September 22, 2026
"A proposed data centre spanning 101 acres would have a 'heartbreaking' effect on the landscape and #wildlife, campaigners have warned.
"Developers want to build the new centre between #Caernarfon and #YFelinheli in #Gwynedd , saying it could create more than 900 jobs during construction and a further 200 permanent roles.
"But nearly 15,000 people signed a petition in opposition to the plans, with local campaigners saying the proposed development was too big and would lead to #NoisePollution and ruin the landscape.
"A spokesperson for #CanolfanDdataMenai said it would 'transform and revitalise the long-derelict' site and offer significant employment, with plans currently out for public consultation.
"Data centres are buildings full of powerful computers used to run digital services, from online banking to movie streaming.
"The UK government classifies them as critical national infrastructure and, according to recent Senedd research, 'most jobs in the UK' are now reliant on them.
"Planning documents show the proposed centre would include five main buildings for storing data with the highest of them standing at 30m (98ft).
"But campaigners have raised concerns about water usage, the effect on the environment and how many jobs would go to local residents.
"More than 100 people attended a public meeting on Saturday with many raising concerns.
"Among those opposing the plans is Emyr Davies, whose house lies not far from where the boundary of the site would be, should it be approved.
" 'Visually it would have a massive effect, not just for us here in Caernarfon but also in #Anglesey, and it would change the views of #Snowdonia forevermore,' he said."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6lyqp9yq377o#Ferodo #MakePollutersPay #CleanUpYourMess #NoDatacentres #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #NoisePollution #EnvironmentalImpact #Cymru
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So, the only way to clean up an industrial site in a sensitive environmental area ( #FerodoSite ) is to build a datacenter? Ummm... Makes perfect sense!
'Terrifying' 101-acre #datacentre plans would be 'heartbreaking', campaigners warn
Liam Evans, BBC Wales, September 22, 2026
"A proposed data centre spanning 101 acres would have a 'heartbreaking' effect on the landscape and #wildlife, campaigners have warned.
"Developers want to build the new centre between #Caernarfon and #YFelinheli in #Gwynedd , saying it could create more than 900 jobs during construction and a further 200 permanent roles.
"But nearly 15,000 people signed a petition in opposition to the plans, with local campaigners saying the proposed development was too big and would lead to #NoisePollution and ruin the landscape.
"A spokesperson for #CanolfanDdataMenai said it would 'transform and revitalise the long-derelict' site and offer significant employment, with plans currently out for public consultation.
"Data centres are buildings full of powerful computers used to run digital services, from online banking to movie streaming.
"The UK government classifies them as critical national infrastructure and, according to recent Senedd research, 'most jobs in the UK' are now reliant on them.
"Planning documents show the proposed centre would include five main buildings for storing data with the highest of them standing at 30m (98ft).
"But campaigners have raised concerns about water usage, the effect on the environment and how many jobs would go to local residents.
"More than 100 people attended a public meeting on Saturday with many raising concerns.
"Among those opposing the plans is Emyr Davies, whose house lies not far from where the boundary of the site would be, should it be approved.
" 'Visually it would have a massive effect, not just for us here in Caernarfon but also in #Anglesey, and it would change the views of #Snowdonia forevermore,' he said."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6lyqp9yq377o#Ferodo #MakePollutersPay #CleanUpYourMess #NoDatacentres #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #NoisePollution #EnvironmentalImpact #Cymru
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So, the only way to clean up an industrial site in a sensitive environmental area ( #FerodoSite ) is to build a datacenter? Ummm... Makes perfect sense!
'Terrifying' 101-acre #datacentre plans would be 'heartbreaking', campaigners warn
Liam Evans, BBC Wales, September 22, 2026
"A proposed data centre spanning 101 acres would have a 'heartbreaking' effect on the landscape and #wildlife, campaigners have warned.
"Developers want to build the new centre between #Caernarfon and #YFelinheli in #Gwynedd , saying it could create more than 900 jobs during construction and a further 200 permanent roles.
"But nearly 15,000 people signed a petition in opposition to the plans, with local campaigners saying the proposed development was too big and would lead to #NoisePollution and ruin the landscape.
"A spokesperson for #CanolfanDdataMenai said it would 'transform and revitalise the long-derelict' site and offer significant employment, with plans currently out for public consultation.
"Data centres are buildings full of powerful computers used to run digital services, from online banking to movie streaming.
"The UK government classifies them as critical national infrastructure and, according to recent Senedd research, 'most jobs in the UK' are now reliant on them.
"Planning documents show the proposed centre would include five main buildings for storing data with the highest of them standing at 30m (98ft).
"But campaigners have raised concerns about water usage, the effect on the environment and how many jobs would go to local residents.
"More than 100 people attended a public meeting on Saturday with many raising concerns.
"Among those opposing the plans is Emyr Davies, whose house lies not far from where the boundary of the site would be, should it be approved.
" 'Visually it would have a massive effect, not just for us here in Caernarfon but also in #Anglesey, and it would change the views of #Snowdonia forevermore,' he said."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6lyqp9yq377o#Ferodo #MakePollutersPay #CleanUpYourMess #NoDatacentres #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #NoisePollution #EnvironmentalImpact #Cymru
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So, the only way to clean up an industrial site in a sensitive environmental area ( #FerodoSite ) is to build a datacenter? Ummm... Makes perfect sense!
'Terrifying' 101-acre #datacentre plans would be 'heartbreaking', campaigners warn
Liam Evans, BBC Wales, September 22, 2026
"A proposed data centre spanning 101 acres would have a 'heartbreaking' effect on the landscape and #wildlife, campaigners have warned.
"Developers want to build the new centre between #Caernarfon and #YFelinheli in #Gwynedd , saying it could create more than 900 jobs during construction and a further 200 permanent roles.
"But nearly 15,000 people signed a petition in opposition to the plans, with local campaigners saying the proposed development was too big and would lead to #NoisePollution and ruin the landscape.
"A spokesperson for #CanolfanDdataMenai said it would 'transform and revitalise the long-derelict' site and offer significant employment, with plans currently out for public consultation.
"Data centres are buildings full of powerful computers used to run digital services, from online banking to movie streaming.
"The UK government classifies them as critical national infrastructure and, according to recent Senedd research, 'most jobs in the UK' are now reliant on them.
"Planning documents show the proposed centre would include five main buildings for storing data with the highest of them standing at 30m (98ft).
"But campaigners have raised concerns about water usage, the effect on the environment and how many jobs would go to local residents.
"More than 100 people attended a public meeting on Saturday with many raising concerns.
"Among those opposing the plans is Emyr Davies, whose house lies not far from where the boundary of the site would be, should it be approved.
" 'Visually it would have a massive effect, not just for us here in Caernarfon but also in #Anglesey, and it would change the views of #Snowdonia forevermore,' he said."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6lyqp9yq377o#Ferodo #MakePollutersPay #CleanUpYourMess #NoDatacentres #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #NoisePollution #EnvironmentalImpact #Cymru
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So, the only way to clean up an industrial site in a sensitive environmental area ( #FerodoSite ) is to build a datacenter? Ummm... Makes perfect sense!
'Terrifying' 101-acre #datacentre plans would be 'heartbreaking', campaigners warn
Liam Evans, BBC Wales, September 22, 2026
"A proposed data centre spanning 101 acres would have a 'heartbreaking' effect on the landscape and #wildlife, campaigners have warned.
"Developers want to build the new centre between #Caernarfon and #YFelinheli in #Gwynedd , saying it could create more than 900 jobs during construction and a further 200 permanent roles.
"But nearly 15,000 people signed a petition in opposition to the plans, with local campaigners saying the proposed development was too big and would lead to #NoisePollution and ruin the landscape.
"A spokesperson for #CanolfanDdataMenai said it would 'transform and revitalise the long-derelict' site and offer significant employment, with plans currently out for public consultation.
"Data centres are buildings full of powerful computers used to run digital services, from online banking to movie streaming.
"The UK government classifies them as critical national infrastructure and, according to recent Senedd research, 'most jobs in the UK' are now reliant on them.
"Planning documents show the proposed centre would include five main buildings for storing data with the highest of them standing at 30m (98ft).
"But campaigners have raised concerns about water usage, the effect on the environment and how many jobs would go to local residents.
"More than 100 people attended a public meeting on Saturday with many raising concerns.
"Among those opposing the plans is Emyr Davies, whose house lies not far from where the boundary of the site would be, should it be approved.
" 'Visually it would have a massive effect, not just for us here in Caernarfon but also in #Anglesey, and it would change the views of #Snowdonia forevermore,' he said."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6lyqp9yq377o#Ferodo #MakePollutersPay #CleanUpYourMess #NoDatacentres #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #NoisePollution #EnvironmentalImpact #Cymru
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I've finally settled down from my Reddit "discussion" about the new data centres that are set to open in my state.
It's hard to say if they were a shill or just genuinely brainwashed by the whole venture, but they kept saying "It's good for the community, it'll bring jobs. They're sponsoring local sports[ball] teams."
In their claims that it was a clean industry, as opposed to the smelter at one of the sites, they refused to engage with comments that it's a PFA disaster.
And when I mentioned that the minerals needed for it all were mined unethically, they refused to engage.
I was fairly patient with this person at first, tried to get them to see these different facets, gave them links and stats, but they were so steadfast on their ideas that I gave up after a while.
However, I looked back through the thread earlier, and noted that my posts countering the shills were upvoted, and they were downvoted.
It's a good reminder to myself that doing these things isn't trying to convince the shill/troll but making sure that other people see the misinformation that they're spewing.
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I've finally settled down from my Reddit "discussion" about the new data centres that are set to open in my state.
It's hard to say if they were a shill or just genuinely brainwashed by the whole venture, but they kept saying "It's good for the community, it'll bring jobs. They're sponsoring local sports[ball] teams."
In their claims that it was a clean industry, as opposed to the smelter at one of the sites, they refused to engage with comments that it's a PFA disaster.
And when I mentioned that the minerals needed for it all were mined unethically, they refused to engage.
I was fairly patient with this person at first, tried to get them to see these different facets, gave them links and stats, but they were so steadfast on their ideas that I gave up after a while.
However, I looked back through the thread earlier, and noted that my posts countering the shills were upvoted, and they were downvoted.
It's a good reminder to myself that doing these things isn't trying to convince the shill/troll but making sure that other people see the misinformation that they're spewing.
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I've finally settled down from my Reddit "discussion" about the new data centres that are set to open in my state.
It's hard to say if they were a shill or just genuinely brainwashed by the whole venture, but they kept saying "It's good for the community, it'll bring jobs. They're sponsoring local sports[ball] teams."
In their claims that it was a clean industry, as opposed to the smelter at one of the sites, they refused to engage with comments that it's a PFA disaster.
And when I mentioned that the minerals needed for it all were mined unethically, they refused to engage.
I was fairly patient with this person at first, tried to get them to see these different facets, gave them links and stats, but they were so steadfast on their ideas that I gave up after a while.
However, I looked back through the thread earlier, and noted that my posts countering the shills were upvoted, and they were downvoted.
It's a good reminder to myself that doing these things isn't trying to convince the shill/troll but making sure that other people see the misinformation that they're spewing.
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I've finally settled down from my Reddit "discussion" about the new data centres that are set to open in my state.
It's hard to say if they were a shill or just genuinely brainwashed by the whole venture, but they kept saying "It's good for the community, it'll bring jobs. They're sponsoring local sports[ball] teams."
In their claims that it was a clean industry, as opposed to the smelter at one of the sites, they refused to engage with comments that it's a PFA disaster.
And when I mentioned that the minerals needed for it all were mined unethically, they refused to engage.
I was fairly patient with this person at first, tried to get them to see these different facets, gave them links and stats, but they were so steadfast on their ideas that I gave up after a while.
However, I looked back through the thread earlier, and noted that my posts countering the shills were upvoted, and they were downvoted.
It's a good reminder to myself that doing these things isn't trying to convince the shill/troll but making sure that other people see the misinformation that they're spewing.
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I've finally settled down from my Reddit "discussion" about the new data centres that are set to open in my state.
It's hard to say if they were a shill or just genuinely brainwashed by the whole venture, but they kept saying "It's good for the community, it'll bring jobs. They're sponsoring local sports[ball] teams."
In their claims that it was a clean industry, as opposed to the smelter at one of the sites, they refused to engage with comments that it's a PFA disaster.
And when I mentioned that the minerals needed for it all were mined unethically, they refused to engage.
I was fairly patient with this person at first, tried to get them to see these different facets, gave them links and stats, but they were so steadfast on their ideas that I gave up after a while.
However, I looked back through the thread earlier, and noted that my posts countering the shills were upvoted, and they were downvoted.
It's a good reminder to myself that doing these things isn't trying to convince the shill/troll but making sure that other people see the misinformation that they're spewing.
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Hey folks! Our time in #CostaRica has come: they are coming for us to install #DataCentres in our country.
I'm very concerned, because this goes against the #ecological image Costa Rica wants to portray by letting companies install #fashtech that destroys ethics, the people and the environment around us.
It's not just the environment.
Nobody asked for data centres in our country. Fucking nobody.
#NoAI #NoDataCentres #environmentalism #ecology #EcologicalJustice
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Hey folks! Our time in #CostaRica has come: they are coming for us to install #DataCentres in our country.
I'm very concerned, because this goes against the #ecological image Costa Rica wants to portray by letting companies install #fashtech that destroys ethics, the people and the environment around us.
It's not just the environment.
Nobody asked for data centres in our country. Fucking nobody.
#NoAI #NoDataCentres #environmentalism #ecology #EcologicalJustice
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Hey folks! Our time in #CostaRica has come: they are coming for us to install #DataCentres in our country.
I'm very concerned, because this goes against the #ecological image Costa Rica wants to portray by letting companies install #fashtech that destroys ethics, the people and the environment around us.
It's not just the environment.
Nobody asked for data centres in our country. Fucking nobody.
#NoAI #NoDataCentres #environmentalism #ecology #EcologicalJustice
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Hey folks! Our time in #CostaRica has come: they are coming for us to install #DataCentres in our country.
I'm very concerned, because this goes against the #ecological image Costa Rica wants to portray by letting companies install #fashtech that destroys ethics, the people and the environment around us.
It's not just the environment.
Nobody asked for data centres in our country. Fucking nobody.
#NoAI #NoDataCentres #environmentalism #ecology #EcologicalJustice
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Hey folks! Our time in #CostaRica has come: they are coming for us to install #DataCentres in our country.
I'm very concerned, because this goes against the #ecological image Costa Rica wants to portray by letting companies install #fashtech that destroys ethics, the people and the environment around us.
It's not just the environment.
Nobody asked for data centres in our country. Fucking nobody.
#NoAI #NoDataCentres #environmentalism #ecology #EcologicalJustice
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4 sept
#Labour has 'no idea' what huge #datacentre projects are meant for
#Canary 🐤
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/09/04/data-centre-projects-uk/ -
4 sept
#Labour has 'no idea' what huge #datacentre projects are meant for
#Canary 🐤
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/09/04/data-centre-projects-uk/ -
4 sept
#Labour has 'no idea' what huge #datacentre projects are meant for
#Canary 🐤
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/09/04/data-centre-projects-uk/ -
4 sept
#Labour has 'no idea' what huge #datacentre projects are meant for
#Canary 🐤
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/09/04/data-centre-projects-uk/ -
4 sept
#Labour has 'no idea' what huge #datacentre projects are meant for
#Canary 🐤
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/09/04/data-centre-projects-uk/ -
noleedsdatacentre are organising this protest this Saturday: Have you heard of National Datacentre Day? #NDCD26
Well, rather than celebrate Datacentres, we’d like to invite you to protest them.
Join us at Millennium Square on 12 September 2026 at 12pm as we gather to unite against the rapid rise of hyperscale developments and in support of a national moratorium.
We have a great lineup of speakers and performers to inspire and inform, it will be a family friendly, peaceful event with stewards to protect the space.
https://noleedsdatacentre.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/join-our-protest/
#Leeds #Yorkshire #NoDataCentres #NoAI #StopAI #RenewableEnergy #WaterBills
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noleedsdatacentre are organising this protest this Saturday: Have you heard of National Datacentre Day? #NDCD26
Well, rather than celebrate Datacentres, we’d like to invite you to protest them.
Join us at Millennium Square on 12 September 2026 at 12pm as we gather to unite against the rapid rise of hyperscale developments and in support of a national moratorium.
We have a great lineup of speakers and performers to inspire and inform, it will be a family friendly, peaceful event with stewards to protect the space.
https://noleedsdatacentre.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/join-our-protest/
#Leeds #Yorkshire #NoDataCentres #NoAI #StopAI #RenewableEnergy #WaterBills
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noleedsdatacentre are organising this protest this Saturday: Have you heard of National Datacentre Day? #NDCD26
Well, rather than celebrate Datacentres, we’d like to invite you to protest them.
Join us at Millennium Square on 12 September 2026 at 12pm as we gather to unite against the rapid rise of hyperscale developments and in support of a national moratorium.
We have a great lineup of speakers and performers to inspire and inform, it will be a family friendly, peaceful event with stewards to protect the space.
https://noleedsdatacentre.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/join-our-protest/
#Leeds #Yorkshire #NoDataCentres #NoAI #StopAI #RenewableEnergy #WaterBills
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noleedsdatacentre are organising this protest this Saturday: Have you heard of National Datacentre Day? #NDCD26
Well, rather than celebrate Datacentres, we’d like to invite you to protest them.
Join us at Millennium Square on 12 September 2026 at 12pm as we gather to unite against the rapid rise of hyperscale developments and in support of a national moratorium.
We have a great lineup of speakers and performers to inspire and inform, it will be a family friendly, peaceful event with stewards to protect the space.
https://noleedsdatacentre.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/join-our-protest/
#Leeds #Yorkshire #NoDataCentres #NoAI #StopAI #RenewableEnergy #WaterBills
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noleedsdatacentre are organising this protest this Saturday: Have you heard of National Datacentre Day? #NDCD26
Well, rather than celebrate Datacentres, we’d like to invite you to protest them.
Join us at Millennium Square on 12 September 2026 at 12pm as we gather to unite against the rapid rise of hyperscale developments and in support of a national moratorium.
We have a great lineup of speakers and performers to inspire and inform, it will be a family friendly, peaceful event with stewards to protect the space.
https://noleedsdatacentre.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/join-our-protest/
#Leeds #Yorkshire #NoDataCentres #NoAI #StopAI #RenewableEnergy #WaterBills
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If #DataCentres were truly 'critical national infrastructure' the government must know what they're used for!
Every single planning application objection should highlight this bulls**t
#BoycottAI
#NoDataCentres
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#RedTory bastard !! MORON!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-5soyO1In9A
#DecentSocialHousing ! Not #datacentres !!!
#NoDataCentres !!! #Ukpol
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‘Never seen this level of objection’: #Scotland pushes back against #datacentre boom
#Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in #Auchtertool and beyond
by Aisha Down, 25 Aug 2026
"In a village 21 miles north of #Edinburgh, a real estate consultancy plans to build a datacentre larger than the village itself – 35 metres high, with an area larger than 100 football pitches.
"Billed as the second-biggest datacentre in the world, the development in Auchertool, Fife, has attracted 1,600 objections.
" 'The public pressure is huge,' said David Torrance, a member of the Scottish parliament representing the village. 'I’ve never seen this level of objection to a local plan, and I have been in politics for 25 years.'
"Similar concerns are being echoed across Scotland, next to gargantuan planned developments in towns such as #Airdrie and #Larbert. In a matter of weeks, as the Scottish parliament comes back into session, the growing opposition could pose a challenge to #Britain ’s #AI strategy.
" 'The Scottish government is inching towards a moratorium,' said Kat Jones, director of the Edinburgh-based charity #ActionToProtectRuralScotland. 'MSPs return to parliament next week, after a summer in their constituencies where they have been hearing the concerns of local people about proposed #hyperscale #datacentres. They will be expecting action.'
"For months, #UK officials have been encouraging would-be datacentre developers to consider Scotland. In April, Fintan Slye, the chief executive of the UK’s National Energy System Operator (Neso), told a London audience to look north: 'If in the audience you have a big datacentre and you want to go to Scotland, please come talk to me, we will help you,' he said.
" 'They are coming up here because we are energy-rich, and we are water-rich, and England is in drought and the grid is struggling,' said Torrance.
"But Scotland, it turns out, isn’t having it. The proposal for Auchtertool is a behemoth: drawings show the 600MW datacentre towering over the village, dwarfing old stone houses and blocking the view of #fields and #forests.
" 'How can you possibly ask people to accept that?' Torrance said. 'You can see why the public is objecting.'
"Scotland has already started to take steps that could mean the Auchtertool datacentre – and dozens of others – may never be built."
#DatacentreMoratorium #DatacenterMoratorium #ScotlandResists #ResistanceIsFertile #Resistance #NoDatacenters #NoDatacentres #NoisePollution #LightPollution #ForestsAreLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #UKPol #DatacenterResistance #DatacentreResistance
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‘Never seen this level of objection’: #Scotland pushes back against #datacentre boom
#Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in #Auchtertool and beyond
by Aisha Down, 25 Aug 2026
"In a village 21 miles north of #Edinburgh, a real estate consultancy plans to build a datacentre larger than the village itself – 35 metres high, with an area larger than 100 football pitches.
"Billed as the second-biggest datacentre in the world, the development in Auchertool, Fife, has attracted 1,600 objections.
" 'The public pressure is huge,' said David Torrance, a member of the Scottish parliament representing the village. 'I’ve never seen this level of objection to a local plan, and I have been in politics for 25 years.'
"Similar concerns are being echoed across Scotland, next to gargantuan planned developments in towns such as #Airdrie and #Larbert. In a matter of weeks, as the Scottish parliament comes back into session, the growing opposition could pose a challenge to #Britain ’s #AI strategy.
" 'The Scottish government is inching towards a moratorium,' said Kat Jones, director of the Edinburgh-based charity #ActionToProtectRuralScotland. 'MSPs return to parliament next week, after a summer in their constituencies where they have been hearing the concerns of local people about proposed #hyperscale #datacentres. They will be expecting action.'
"For months, #UK officials have been encouraging would-be datacentre developers to consider Scotland. In April, Fintan Slye, the chief executive of the UK’s National Energy System Operator (Neso), told a London audience to look north: 'If in the audience you have a big datacentre and you want to go to Scotland, please come talk to me, we will help you,' he said.
" 'They are coming up here because we are energy-rich, and we are water-rich, and England is in drought and the grid is struggling,' said Torrance.
"But Scotland, it turns out, isn’t having it. The proposal for Auchtertool is a behemoth: drawings show the 600MW datacentre towering over the village, dwarfing old stone houses and blocking the view of #fields and #forests.
" 'How can you possibly ask people to accept that?' Torrance said. 'You can see why the public is objecting.'
"Scotland has already started to take steps that could mean the Auchtertool datacentre – and dozens of others – may never be built."
#DatacentreMoratorium #DatacenterMoratorium #ScotlandResists #ResistanceIsFertile #Resistance #NoDatacenters #NoDatacentres #NoisePollution #LightPollution #ForestsAreLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #UKPol #DatacenterResistance #DatacentreResistance
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‘Never seen this level of objection’: #Scotland pushes back against #datacentre boom
#Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in #Auchtertool and beyond
by Aisha Down, 25 Aug 2026
"In a village 21 miles north of #Edinburgh, a real estate consultancy plans to build a datacentre larger than the village itself – 35 metres high, with an area larger than 100 football pitches.
"Billed as the second-biggest datacentre in the world, the development in Auchertool, Fife, has attracted 1,600 objections.
" 'The public pressure is huge,' said David Torrance, a member of the Scottish parliament representing the village. 'I’ve never seen this level of objection to a local plan, and I have been in politics for 25 years.'
"Similar concerns are being echoed across Scotland, next to gargantuan planned developments in towns such as #Airdrie and #Larbert. In a matter of weeks, as the Scottish parliament comes back into session, the growing opposition could pose a challenge to #Britain ’s #AI strategy.
" 'The Scottish government is inching towards a moratorium,' said Kat Jones, director of the Edinburgh-based charity #ActionToProtectRuralScotland. 'MSPs return to parliament next week, after a summer in their constituencies where they have been hearing the concerns of local people about proposed #hyperscale #datacentres. They will be expecting action.'
"For months, #UK officials have been encouraging would-be datacentre developers to consider Scotland. In April, Fintan Slye, the chief executive of the UK’s National Energy System Operator (Neso), told a London audience to look north: 'If in the audience you have a big datacentre and you want to go to Scotland, please come talk to me, we will help you,' he said.
" 'They are coming up here because we are energy-rich, and we are water-rich, and England is in drought and the grid is struggling,' said Torrance.
"But Scotland, it turns out, isn’t having it. The proposal for Auchtertool is a behemoth: drawings show the 600MW datacentre towering over the village, dwarfing old stone houses and blocking the view of #fields and #forests.
" 'How can you possibly ask people to accept that?' Torrance said. 'You can see why the public is objecting.'
"Scotland has already started to take steps that could mean the Auchtertool datacentre – and dozens of others – may never be built."
#DatacentreMoratorium #DatacenterMoratorium #ScotlandResists #ResistanceIsFertile #Resistance #NoDatacenters #NoDatacentres #NoisePollution #LightPollution #ForestsAreLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #UKPol #DatacenterResistance #DatacentreResistance
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‘Never seen this level of objection’: #Scotland pushes back against #datacentre boom
#Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in #Auchtertool and beyond
by Aisha Down, 25 Aug 2026
"In a village 21 miles north of #Edinburgh, a real estate consultancy plans to build a datacentre larger than the village itself – 35 metres high, with an area larger than 100 football pitches.
"Billed as the second-biggest datacentre in the world, the development in Auchertool, Fife, has attracted 1,600 objections.
" 'The public pressure is huge,' said David Torrance, a member of the Scottish parliament representing the village. 'I’ve never seen this level of objection to a local plan, and I have been in politics for 25 years.'
"Similar concerns are being echoed across Scotland, next to gargantuan planned developments in towns such as #Airdrie and #Larbert. In a matter of weeks, as the Scottish parliament comes back into session, the growing opposition could pose a challenge to #Britain ’s #AI strategy.
" 'The Scottish government is inching towards a moratorium,' said Kat Jones, director of the Edinburgh-based charity #ActionToProtectRuralScotland. 'MSPs return to parliament next week, after a summer in their constituencies where they have been hearing the concerns of local people about proposed #hyperscale #datacentres. They will be expecting action.'
"For months, #UK officials have been encouraging would-be datacentre developers to consider Scotland. In April, Fintan Slye, the chief executive of the UK’s National Energy System Operator (Neso), told a London audience to look north: 'If in the audience you have a big datacentre and you want to go to Scotland, please come talk to me, we will help you,' he said.
" 'They are coming up here because we are energy-rich, and we are water-rich, and England is in drought and the grid is struggling,' said Torrance.
"But Scotland, it turns out, isn’t having it. The proposal for Auchtertool is a behemoth: drawings show the 600MW datacentre towering over the village, dwarfing old stone houses and blocking the view of #fields and #forests.
" 'How can you possibly ask people to accept that?' Torrance said. 'You can see why the public is objecting.'
"Scotland has already started to take steps that could mean the Auchtertool datacentre – and dozens of others – may never be built."
#DatacentreMoratorium #DatacenterMoratorium #ScotlandResists #ResistanceIsFertile #Resistance #NoDatacenters #NoDatacentres #NoisePollution #LightPollution #ForestsAreLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #UKPol #DatacenterResistance #DatacentreResistance
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‘Never seen this level of objection’: #Scotland pushes back against #datacentre boom
#Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in #Auchtertool and beyond
by Aisha Down, 25 Aug 2026
"In a village 21 miles north of #Edinburgh, a real estate consultancy plans to build a datacentre larger than the village itself – 35 metres high, with an area larger than 100 football pitches.
"Billed as the second-biggest datacentre in the world, the development in Auchertool, Fife, has attracted 1,600 objections.
" 'The public pressure is huge,' said David Torrance, a member of the Scottish parliament representing the village. 'I’ve never seen this level of objection to a local plan, and I have been in politics for 25 years.'
"Similar concerns are being echoed across Scotland, next to gargantuan planned developments in towns such as #Airdrie and #Larbert. In a matter of weeks, as the Scottish parliament comes back into session, the growing opposition could pose a challenge to #Britain ’s #AI strategy.
" 'The Scottish government is inching towards a moratorium,' said Kat Jones, director of the Edinburgh-based charity #ActionToProtectRuralScotland. 'MSPs return to parliament next week, after a summer in their constituencies where they have been hearing the concerns of local people about proposed #hyperscale #datacentres. They will be expecting action.'
"For months, #UK officials have been encouraging would-be datacentre developers to consider Scotland. In April, Fintan Slye, the chief executive of the UK’s National Energy System Operator (Neso), told a London audience to look north: 'If in the audience you have a big datacentre and you want to go to Scotland, please come talk to me, we will help you,' he said.
" 'They are coming up here because we are energy-rich, and we are water-rich, and England is in drought and the grid is struggling,' said Torrance.
"But Scotland, it turns out, isn’t having it. The proposal for Auchtertool is a behemoth: drawings show the 600MW datacentre towering over the village, dwarfing old stone houses and blocking the view of #fields and #forests.
" 'How can you possibly ask people to accept that?' Torrance said. 'You can see why the public is objecting.'
"Scotland has already started to take steps that could mean the Auchtertool datacentre – and dozens of others – may never be built."
#DatacentreMoratorium #DatacenterMoratorium #ScotlandResists #ResistanceIsFertile #Resistance #NoDatacenters #NoDatacentres #NoisePollution #LightPollution #ForestsAreLife #AISucks #AIDataCenters #UKPol #DatacenterResistance #DatacentreResistance
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More Whitehall colonialism writ large.
"For months, UK officials have been encouraging would-be datacentre developers to consider Scotland. In April, Fintan Slye, the chief executive of the UK’s National Energy System Operator (Neso), told a London audience to look north: “If in the audience you have a big datacentre and you want to go to Scotland, please come talk to me, we will help you,” he said."
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More Whitehall colonialism writ large.
"For months, UK officials have been encouraging would-be datacentre developers to consider Scotland. In April, Fintan Slye, the chief executive of the UK’s National Energy System Operator (Neso), told a London audience to look north: “If in the audience you have a big datacentre and you want to go to Scotland, please come talk to me, we will help you,” he said."
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More Whitehall colonialism writ large.
"For months, UK officials have been encouraging would-be datacentre developers to consider Scotland. In April, Fintan Slye, the chief executive of the UK’s National Energy System Operator (Neso), told a London audience to look north: “If in the audience you have a big datacentre and you want to go to Scotland, please come talk to me, we will help you,” he said."
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More Whitehall colonialism writ large.
"For months, UK officials have been encouraging would-be datacentre developers to consider Scotland. In April, Fintan Slye, the chief executive of the UK’s National Energy System Operator (Neso), told a London audience to look north: “If in the audience you have a big datacentre and you want to go to Scotland, please come talk to me, we will help you,” he said."
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More Whitehall colonialism writ large.
"For months, UK officials have been encouraging would-be datacentre developers to consider Scotland. In April, Fintan Slye, the chief executive of the UK’s National Energy System Operator (Neso), told a London audience to look north: “If in the audience you have a big datacentre and you want to go to Scotland, please come talk to me, we will help you,” he said."
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#FOXnotNews apologises to 2 women in #Utah for misinfo
#KevinOLeary lost his #datacenter & #Utah bootlicking politicians lost their jobs
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8HtLyyi7iY
#Nashville #TN #music #musicians #Tennessee #AIintellectualpropertytheft
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#FOXnotNews apologises to 2 women in #Utah for misinfo
#KevinOLeary lost his #datacenter & #Utah bootlicking politicians lost their jobs
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8HtLyyi7iY
#Nashville #TN #music #musicians #Tennessee #AIintellectualpropertytheft
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#GoGreens✅🇬🇧🏴 NI🇮🇪, 🇦🇺
#GoSinnFein🇮🇪
#ViveLInsourmise🇫🇷
#GoNPD 🧡 🇨🇦
#GoDSA 🗽🌹#HarryEnten explains that #socialism is gaining popularity
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n1JGuVNH23E&pp=ugUEEgJlbg
🌍no one cares what it's called. We want:
* #Affordablehousing,decent attractive #socialhousing
* #TaxTheRich
* #NoDataCentres #NoAISlop
* #SustainableSmallBusinesses
* #labourunions
* #healthcare
* #affordableliving #affordablegroceries #energybills
*#Childcare
*#Privacy #Democracy Freedom
* #NoGenocide -
#GoGreens✅🇬🇧🏴 NI🇮🇪, 🇦🇺
#GoSinnFein🇮🇪
#ViveLInsourmise🇫🇷
#GoNPD 🧡 🇨🇦
#GoDSA 🗽🌹#HarryEnten explains that #socialism is gaining popularity
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n1JGuVNH23E&pp=ugUEEgJlbg
🌍no one cares what it's called. We want:
* #Affordablehousing,decent attractive #socialhousing
* #TaxTheRich
* #NoDataCentres #NoAISlop
* #SustainableSmallBusinesses
* #labourunions
* #healthcare
* #affordableliving #affordablegroceries #energybills
*#Childcare
*#Privacy #Democracy Freedom
* #NoGenocide -
#GoGreens✅🇬🇧🏴 NI🇮🇪, 🇦🇺
#GoSinnFein🇮🇪
#ViveLInsourmise🇫🇷
#GoNPD 🧡 🇨🇦
#GoDSA 🗽🌹#HarryEnten explains that #socialism is gaining popularity
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n1JGuVNH23E&pp=ugUEEgJlbg
🌍no one cares what it's called. We want:
* #Affordablehousing,decent attractive #socialhousing
* #TaxTheRich
* #NoDataCentres #NoAISlop
* #SustainableSmallBusinesses
* #labourunions
* #healthcare
* #affordableliving #affordablegroceries #energybills
*#Childcare
*#Privacy #Democracy Freedom
* #NoGenocide -
#GoGreens✅🇬🇧🏴 NI🇮🇪, 🇦🇺
#GoSinnFein🇮🇪
#ViveLInsourmise🇫🇷
#GoNPD 🧡 🇨🇦
#GoDSA 🗽🌹#HarryEnten explains that #socialism is gaining popularity
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n1JGuVNH23E&pp=ugUEEgJlbg
🌍no one cares what it's called. We want:
* #Affordablehousing,decent attractive #socialhousing
* #TaxTheRich
* #NoDataCentres #NoAISlop
* #SustainableSmallBusinesses
* #labourunions
* #healthcare
* #affordableliving #affordablegroceries #energybills
*#Childcare
*#Privacy #Democracy Freedom
* #NoGenocide -
#GoGreens✅🇬🇧🏴 NI🇮🇪, 🇦🇺
#GoSinnFein🇮🇪
#ViveLInsourmise🇫🇷
#GoNPD 🧡 🇨🇦
#GoDSA 🗽🌹#HarryEnten explains that #socialism is gaining popularity
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n1JGuVNH23E&pp=ugUEEgJlbg
🌍no one cares what it's called. We want:
* #Affordablehousing,decent attractive #socialhousing
* #TaxTheRich
* #NoDataCentres #NoAISlop
* #SustainableSmallBusinesses
* #labourunions
* #healthcare
* #affordableliving #affordablegroceries #energybills
*#Childcare
*#Privacy #Democracy Freedom
* #NoGenocide -
#Elites' attempt to shove AI down grads' throats backfires
#tech #BigTech #BigTechSUCKS
#USTech
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-i4hgyJ01ZQ -
#Elites' attempt to shove AI down grads' throats backfires
#tech #BigTech #BigTechSUCKS
#USTech
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-i4hgyJ01ZQ -
To block democracy, because people are organising hard to get RID of data centres, crypto, AI invasions. Water ruining, life wrecking, electricity stealing, freedom taking, criminal supporting, democracy threatening, job taking BULLSHIT anymore and want them GONE.
No water for you.
No electricity for you.
No town sized oppressive buildings.No data centres!
Get out!
Get Out.
#nodatacentres #nocrypto #noAI #ai #crypto #crime #data #surveillance #war
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To block democracy, because people are organising hard to get RID of data centres, crypto, AI invasions. Water ruining, life wrecking, electricity stealing, freedom taking, criminal supporting, democracy threatening, job taking BULLSHIT anymore and want them GONE.
No water for you.
No electricity for you.
No town sized oppressive buildings.No data centres!
Get out!
Get Out.
#nodatacentres #nocrypto #noAI #ai #crypto #crime #data #surveillance #war
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To block democracy, because people are organising hard to get RID of data centres, crypto, AI invasions. Water ruining, life wrecking, electricity stealing, freedom taking, criminal supporting, democracy threatening, job taking BULLSHIT anymore and want them GONE.
No water for you.
No electricity for you.
No town sized oppressive buildings.No data centres!
Get out!
Get Out.
#nodatacentres #nocrypto #noAI #ai #crypto #crime #data #surveillance #war
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To block democracy, because people are organising hard to get RID of data centres, crypto, AI invasions. Water ruining, life wrecking, electricity stealing, freedom taking, criminal supporting, democracy threatening, job taking BULLSHIT anymore and want them GONE.
No water for you.
No electricity for you.
No town sized oppressive buildings.No data centres!
Get out!
Get Out.
#nodatacentres #nocrypto #noAI #ai #crypto #crime #data #surveillance #war