Area of work: Foxglove and Global Action Plan vs The Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government (Woodlands Data Centre)

Government concedes Woodlands data centre case! Environmental protections promised by new data centres must now be legally binding

The Government said it made a “serious logical error” forcing the project through when environmental mitigation measures weren’t legally binding.

Foxglove teams up with FT to debunk the Government’s dodgy AI Growth Zone job creation claims 

Hyperscale data centres are unlikely to create thousands of new jobs. We’ve been digging into the detail behind Government’s job creation claims.

Press release: UK Government admits “serious error” in forcing through hyperscale data centre without environmental protections 

This is the first time the UK government has admitted its decision to force through a new hyperscale data centre was wrong. It’s a big win.

We’ve hit our UK data centre challenge Crowdjustice target! PLUS – new report: 10 new data centres would wipe out ALL annual carbon savings from electric cars

We’re still crowdfunding for our stretch goal to contribute to staff time on the case, so if you’d like to donate, it’s not too late!

The UK government’s environment watchdog has endorsed a dodgy and misleading report from Big Tech PR men, saying data centres don’t use much water – that’s a big problem. Here’s why

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.

NEW CASE LAUNCH: Foxglove launches UK’s first legal challenge against the construction of a hyperscale data centre and to defend our power, water and environment 

Hyperscale data centres guzzle drinking water and electrical power and emit polluting emissions, but Rayner said no environmental tests were needed.