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.
Every letter tells government they can’t sweep Palantir’s dodgy NHS deal under the carpet and pretend it’s supported by the public.
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.
We’ve launched a challenge against the construction of a data centre where the water problem looks particularly bad – and pretty gross.
We submitted evidence drawing on our experience with how toxic content online leads to bloody and horrific consequences in the real world.
Google is stealing the work of professional reporters – and making it worse – without compensating them, nor their publishers.
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