If Big Tech wants to build data centres in South Africa, we need to know the true cost – in critical resources, bills and to the environment. That’s not happened.
Foxglove has teamed up with 38 Degrees to put forward a petition to UK prime minister Andy Burnham telling him to ban harmful data centres.
Equinix refuses to provide even the most basic information required for the community to consent to the data centre’s construction.
South Africa is experiencing the fastest data centre expansion on the continent. Civil society and housing campaigners are calling for a pause.
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.
The Municipal Planning Tribunal (MPT) in Cape Town has approved the application of a US Big Tech company to start developing …
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?
The objection says a new 160 MVA data centre can’t be approved as no information has been provided on water, emissions or environmental impact.
