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They blocked a datacenter. Now they're running for office.
A grassroots movement against AI infrastructure is turning community anger into local political power, starting with the first US city to ban datacenter construction.
The UK Government Has No Idea What Its Biggest Data Centres Are Actually Doing
A freedom of information request revealed that ministers cannot say who is using the UK's largest data centres or why. With AI driving a surge in electricity and water use, that gap in oversight matters.
Scottish MPs Want to Pause AI Data Centre Building. Here's Why It Matters.
The SNP and Scottish Greens are backing a freeze on new AI data centres across the UK, where around 450 already exist. The political fight is sharpening fast.
Nobody Wanted That Datacenter: How AI's Hunger for Land Is Uniting Unlikely Neighbours
A Google project planned for a small Indiana town drew something rarely seen in American politics right now: unanimous local opposition, from Trump voters and climate activists alike.
Nobody Wants a Data Centre Next Door. So Who Decides Where They Go?
Communities across the UK and the world are pushing back against the vast, noisy buildings that keep AI running. Their complaints are real. So is the problem of stopping them.
The Data Centre Dilemma: How AI's Hunger for Power Is Reshaping British Towns
The UK government wants three times as many data centres. In Slough, locals are already living next to metal-clad giants that drink water and burn electricity at a scale that rivals whole neighbourhoods.
The AI Data Center That Fits in a Box: Inside Runware's Sonic Inference Pod
A startup wants to replace giant, water-hungry data centers with small, portable computing units that can be shipped anywhere there is a power socket. Here is what it is building, and whether it holds up.