The Dark Side of the Cloud: Why UK's AI Datacentre Boom Must be Reined In The Scottish National Party and the Greens' push for a moratorium on new AI datacentres in the UK is more than just a reaction to their proliferation.
It's a long overdue recognition that this unbridled expansion has far reaching consequences, affecting local environments and societal fabric.
Approximately 450 large data centres are scattered throughout the UK, housing vast computing infrastructure for cloud services and increasingly, AI.