2026-10-22 05:38 UTC
I see the BigTech builders of UK data centres are sufficiently concerned about the prospect of widening (local) political resistance & protests that they are seeking Govt. intervention to deliver a 'compact' to ease the local environment for construction...
Of course, given our political class' disdain for protest and people's local interest(s), we're more likely to see proscription of protest groups & repression of campaigns against data centres.
#politics #AI
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/22/ai-firms-say-uk-has-a-year-to-head-off-datacentre-protests-before-construction-is-threatened
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@JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social 2026-10-22 10:36
@ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk My current thinking on #AI #DataCentres is much the same as oil and gas fields…the media tricks us with window dressing - either ‘it’s going to deliver huge benefits and financial savings’ or ‘why are our politicians so spineless to stop it?’. But actually we need to focus on the evil means of legal warfare that these corporations with bottomless pockets are perpetrating against governments across the spectrum to get their way. Politicians are hostages.