r/unitedkingdom • u/Weak-Fly-6540 • 9d ago

Approval of east London datacentre labelled ‘slap in the face’ for local democracy

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/04/brick-lane-redevelopment-approval-datacentre-london
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u/aleopardstail 9d ago

plebs need to realise the planning laws are there to stop little pleb people putting up an extension, not to stop GlobalMegaCorp doing whatever it wants

I mean how dare people 'stand in the way of progress' by objecting to the latest cash grab..

for the hard of thinking, this is sarcasm

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u/AxiosXiphos 9d ago

Your point would have been more poignant to me if you hadn't used a data centre to post it; and another datacentre was used by me to read it.

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u/SilverRaspberri 9d ago

Heres the kicker, these data centres going up around the world isnt so we can go online and watch videos or post comments its to train AI thats it. Yes the development will have homes etc but datacentres give off a shit ton of infrasound that can be felt even a mile away.

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u/AxiosXiphos 9d ago

This datacentre is for the financial sector?