AI Matters
Why it matters
UK villagers fight planned AI data center in protected reserve
The Guardian AI ‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre
Residents of north Devon are opposing a planned hyperscale AI data campus inside a UNESCO-designated protected reserve.
Why it matters
Communities near planned data centers are pushing back, which could slow AI infrastructure buildout worldwide.
Latest brief · Oct 19, 2026