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“However the rapid construction of datacentres in the UK has triggered opposition, with campaign groups protesting against planned developments in places ranging from Auchtertool, a village north of Edinburgh, to Brick Lane in east London.”

“AI companies have told ministers they have 12 months to head off public opposition to datacentres in the UK or risk US-style protests that could threaten their construction.”

“My inbox was deluged by podcasters, debating societies, and general influencers, all offering to host.”

“The global war on AI data centres: Why cities including London are rebelling against big tech The approval of one in London’s Brick Lane is the latest of the many colossal data centres mushrooming across the country — but will a backlash halt the march of AI?”

“Dan Perry, a computer scientist by education, is the former London-based Europe-Africa Editor and Cairo-based Middle East Editor of The Associated Press, chairman of the Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem and the author of two books.”