Area of work: Challenging the size and power of Big Tech

Foxglove comment on UK Green Party’s call to “put the brakes” on new data centres and Government response

It’s good to hear Government thinks there shouldn’t be a ‘blank cheque’ for Big Tech data centres. But without urgent action, that’s exactly what will happen.

Just two new data centres will pump out more planet-heating carbon emissions than ExxonMobil – Foxglove analysis

There is simply no world in which such massive new carbon emissions are compatible with a serious plan for reaching net zero by 2050.

PRESS RELEASE: Civil society calls on Human Rights Commission to investigate the human rights impacts of South Africa’s data centre boom

South Africa is experiencing the fastest data centre expansion on the continent. Civil society and housing campaigners are calling for a pause.

The case Meta has fought tooth and nail to stop

Meta has caused appalling harm around the world, playing a central role in the incitement of violence from Ethiopia to Myanmar and beyond.

What happened in Cape Town this week

Big Tech has said as little as possible about the huge harms data centres can cause – and is leaving the community to pick up the pieces.

Press release: US data centre gets approval in South Africa despite unknown impact on water and power

The Municipal Planning Tribunal (MPT) in Cape Town has  approved the application of a US Big Tech company to start developing …

The AI power grab nobody voted for: recapping our London Climate Action Week panel

Two weeks ago, Foxglove brought together lawyers, campaigners and economists to ask are Big Tech data centres powering a fairer future, or costing the earth?

Press release: UK regulator says Google must give journalists opt-out from AI theft, following Foxglove complaint 

The UK has announced new measures to stop Google stealing journalists’ work to feed its ‘AI Overviews’ – after Foxglove asked them to.