UK Political Parties Back Moratorium on New AI Datacentres Amid Local Concerns

Tell us: do you live near the site of a planned AI datacentre in the UK?

We would like to hear from people who live in an area where there are plans for AI datacentres to be built – or who already live near one The Scottish National Party and the Greens have backed a moratorium on new developments of AI datacentres, as part of a growing backlash against the boom. There are currently around 450 large data centres across the UK. These warehouses contain computing infrastructure that power cloud services and, increasingly, AI. Continue reading...

By Guardian community team