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Everyone hates datacentres. Do we really need them?

Everyone hates datacentres. Do we really need them?

Science Weekly vor 1 Monat

As the government accelerates the growth of unpopular datacentres for AI, can local communities do anything to push back? Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s global technology reporter Aisha Down

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AI companies have promised us world-shifting technology. But
there’s a cost: loud, unsightly datacentres that drain
environmental resources. As the government pushes their rapid
growth, can local communities do anything to push back? Madeleine
Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s global technology reporter Aisha
Down about the backlash to datacentres across the UK and around the
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