The datacentre next door: on the frontline of tech’s latest David v Goliath battle
The AI boom is pitting local residents against corporate giants seeking to power their energy-hungry networks – but one Welsh city is fighting back Dale…
The Guardian reports that the AI boom is pitting local residents against corporate giants seeking to power their energy-hungry networks – but one Welsh city is fighting back Dale Johnston opens the gate to his neat suburban garden on the western fringes of Newport in South Wales.
There’s a trampoline and a slide on the lawn for his grandchildren, and chairs for him and his wife.
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- The 23 metre-high grey hulk looming over him and his neighbours is a… (The Guardian)
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