Foxglove and South African housing movement object to new hyperscale data centre over critical gaps in water, energy and environmental information! 

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. 

Area of work: Challenging the size and power of Big Tech, Foxglove and Housing Assembly vs Equinix (Cape Town Data Centre)

Press release: Brazil regulator to investigate Google AI’s theft of news 

Brazil’s competition regulator today [23 April] voted unanimously to open a formal investigation into Google’s practice of taking journalists’ work, …

Area of work: Challenging the size and power of Big Tech, Stopping Google’s theft of news

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.

Area of work: Challenging the size and power of Big Tech, Foxglove and Global Action Plan vs The Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government (Woodlands Data Centre)

No Palantir drop in with Martin Wrigley MP – building a Westminster caucus to use our collective health data for our collective good!

The FDP contract end date is just under a year away: February 15, 2027. This is our chance to cut Palantir out of the NHS.

Area of work: Keep Palantir out of our NHS, Protect NHS data for the public good

Press release: English council approves data centre with ONE MILLION TONNES of annual climate pollution

This figure is almost equivalent to the total climate pollution caused by all of the UK’s domestic flights.

Press release: UK Government must disclose Mandelson’s role in UK-US tech deal

Documents released today relating to Lord Mandelson suggest he played a key role in negotiating a recent technology deal between …

Area of work: Keep Palantir out of our NHS, Protect NHS data for the public good

Press release: Vote due on plan for data centre with one million tonnes of climate emissions

North Lincolnshire councillors are set to vote tomorrow [Wednesday 11 March] on plans for a data centre which will cause …

We’re calling on the UK Government to publish the full detail behind Keir Starmer’s trip to Palantir HQ with Peter Mandelson – and the subsequent £240m Ministry of Defence contract

But this scandal isn’t about just one man. It opens up serious questions about how close the UK Government is to US Big Tech companies across the board.

Area of work: Keep Palantir out of our NHS