Urgent Need for Rules and Protections on Data Centres, Greens Say

New Zealand's Green Party calls for one-year moratorium on new AI data centers

Leader argues that rules need to be written before the concrete is poured

Greens target data centres, corporate wealth in bid to win from voter angst

Analysis: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Newton’s third law may only truly apply to physics, but its allegorical value cannot be entirely dismissed, particularly in the political world. The growing popularity of New York mayor Zohran Mamdani – far beyond the city he governs – can be in part viewed as a response to Donald Trump’s strongman politics, while in the UK, the rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform has been mirrored b…

Call For One-year Pause On Consenting New AI Data Centres

A one-year pause gives us time to get this right. This is not a ban on data infrastructure. It's a pause on the most resource-intensive developments while New Zealanders get a say on what conditions they should meet, says Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick.

Urgent need for rules and protections on data centres, Greens say

The Green Party wants a one-year pause on consents for new AI data centres, until stronger rules and regulations are put in place.

‘You can’t put that genie back in the bottle’: Greens call for one-year pause on AI data centres

New artificial intelligence data centres in New Zealand have caused a stir in local communities, with concerns about their huge drain on electricity.

Sadiq Khan’s Data Centre Plans Spark Fresh Concern for Havering’s Green Belt.

Fresh concerns are likely to be raised in Havering after reports that London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has paved the way for more data centres to be considered on parts of London's Green Belt, a move that could have implications for boroughs already facing controversial development proposals. The changes form part of the Mayor's wider…