‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre

Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlash The datacentre revolt spreading across the US has reached the rolling hills of north Devon in an uprising against a planned hyperscale…
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RegionsUnited Kingdom
Published2 h ago (Sun, 27 Sep 2026 07:00:58 GMT)
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AuthorSandra Laville