UK faces legal challenge over attempt to force through data center development

UK faces legal challenge over attempt to force through data center development

Campaigners in the U.K. are contesting the government's approval of a new data center, raising concerns over the sheer power and water such facilities require.

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Plans for a “hyperscale” data center near the UK capital are in doubt, potentially hampering AI infrastructure development, due to a legal challenge against the government's approval of the proposed facility. It was approved via support from the deputy prime minister against the local council’s wishes and without an environmental impact assessment, campaigners raising the planning challenge has said.

Legal challenge over approval of data centre

Non-profit Foxglove and Global Action Plan have launched a legal challenge over the construction of a data centre in the Buckinghamshire Green Belt.

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Government faces legal challenge over approval of data centre on Buckinghamshire Green Belt

Campaigners are threatening to take the government to court over its decision to overrule the local authority and approve a new data centre on Green Belt land in Buckinghamshire. The post Government faces legal challenge over approval of data centre on Buckinghamshire Green Belt appeared first on New Civil Engineer.