Germany has a strong track record standing up to Big Tech, and it’s encouraging the looming threat is being recognised. But it has to act now.
Get ready to see this report being used a lot to argue concerns about data centres guzzling water are overblown. Here’s why that’s BS.
Hyperscale data centres guzzle drinking water and electrical power and emit polluting emissions, but Rayner said no environmental tests were needed.
Google isn’t just nicking the work of human reporters – it’s stealing the clicks that helped pay for that work in the first place.
Google is stealing the work of professional reporters – and making it worse – without compensating them, nor their publishers.
To build new hyperscale data centres, the government must show they have a plan that won’t trash our supplies of power and drinking water.
The old boss of Amazon UK has been put in charge of regulating Big Tech, while the head of Microsoft UK chairs the Industrial Strategy Council.
We believe Amazon used an unlawful QR code, alongside bullying, threats and misinformation tactics, to swing a crucial union vote.
