Robert Sanscartier

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Most data centres are planned for water stressed UK areas

A new report shows the vast majority of tech hubs planned for Britain are in locations that can’t afford to spare a drop

https://environmentjournal.online/biodiversity-climate-change/most-data-centres-are-planned-for-water-stressed-uk-areas/

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Most data centres are planned for water stressed UK areas

A new report shows the vast majority of tech hubs planned for Britain are in locations that can’t afford to spare a drop.  According to Global Action Plan, 84% of data centres currently proposed for the UK are in areas either classed as water stressed, or projected to be water…

Apr 2 at 7:23amWeb
Show threadclarkiestar4d ago
@Snoro how are they even getting planning permission? No joined up govt and local govt departments I guess. The tech companies should have to build a new reservoir for every data centre
Show threadPaul Healey4d ago
@Snoro UK Data centres: you had your rivers filled with shit and now I’ll take the life that depends on them? Centralised corruption and stupidity drives deregulation. The growth of fascist cults is financed by an Empire built on the nihilistic finality of Corporate Sovereignty. The micro thin repitition of a gilded image built on slop: tech delusions, LLM mimicry, unqualified control freaks, deadly decisions and the unrestrained abuse of human rights #Ecocide #DataCenters #AbnormalDistributions #ExtremePoverty #ExtremeWealth