Plan for large data center in Devon meets resident opposition
A plan to build one of Europe's largest data centers in Devon, a county in southwest England, has drawn strong opposition from residents. Environmental concerns about the project are growing.
Plans to build one of Europe's largest data centers in Devon, a rural county in southwest England, have met strong opposition from local residents. A data center is a complex of buildings housing computers and servers that store and process information, including for artificial intelligence (A.I.) systems.
The New York Times reports that the objections reflect a wider pattern: as A.I. expands, data center construction in Europe is facing growing public pushback. In Devon, that concern has reached a quiet rural setting, and environmental worries are becoming a central argument against the development.
The publicly available summary of the article does not give further details on the project's size, exact location, cost or construction timeline.
