Nearly 10,000 people sign parliamentary petition to stop data centres outside AI Growth Zones

A proposal for Europe's largest data centre to be built on agricultural land in North Devon have sparked calls to government for action

Mia Willemsen
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Nearly 10,000 people sign parliamentary petition to stop data centres outside AI Growth Zones

The community of Great Torrington have launched a parliamentary petition to introduce an urgent moratorium on AI data centres and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) outside AI Growth Zones following...

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