AI data-centre expansion draws protest and criticism
AI · First reported 7 Nov, 09:39 · Updated 10:10
Reports describe calls for tighter regulation and protest against planned AI data-centre development in Europe, alongside a developer’s criticism of construction practices amid a backlash against AI infrastructure.
- Democrats are calling for tighter regulation of AI data centres, a concern the report says is shared across Europe.
- In Amsterdam, several hundred activists occupied the site of a planned Microsoft data centre during a two-day protest taking place across the continent.
- The chief executive of Radiant, which is proposing a £20bn data centre in North Yorkshire, blamed construction firms for fuelling the backlash against AI infrastructure.
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- Amsterdam protest
- Several hundred activists occupied the site of a planned Microsoft data centre during a two-day protest across the continent.
- Proposed North Yorkshire project
- A data centre valued at £20bn is proposed.
- Radiant chief executive
- Mahdi Yahya blamed construction firms for fuelling the AI infrastructure backlash.
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- Earlier reports described data-centre concerns about electricity costs, water supplies and local communities becoming an issue in US midterm politics. [60ef1ae9-190b-4b1c-9b23-b63d60c97028]
- An earlier report said around 2,000 people marched in Dublin for a moratorium on new data centres, citing environmental and climate concerns; Ireland’s enterprise minister described expansion as a strategic opportunity. [0d537ab2-2012-4d00-aca4-7f2553df728d]
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