Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 15/08/2026In drought stricken UK More and more Data Centres are being approved that in their immediate vicinity push up temps by an average of 2C, and as much as 9C And use up to 5m gallons water a day, equivalent to consumption of up to 50,000 people. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAs AI guzzles water and energy, we are already facing a choice: datacentres or homes? | John HarrisWhitehall wants to triple their number in the UK. Yet in Slough, I saw the impact they’re having on communities, says Guardian columnist John Harris12:42 AM · Aug 15, 2026 41915
Saint Palermo @saintpalermo.bsky.social · 15/08/2026↪ Replying to @ecowarriorss.bsky.socialThis is insane. Nobody asked for AI or the massive ILLEGAL surveillance that is being foist upon us by these huge processing networks. We don't want this invasion. #BanDataCenters! NOW. 0124
Char @char2025.bsky.social · 15/08/2026↪ Replying to @ecowarriorss.bsky.socialUnimaginable everyone doesn't see the dangers and damage yet to come from these. 020
isonope.bsky.social @isonope.bsky.social · 15/08/2026↪ Replying to @ecowarriorss.bsky.socialOh god 000
Andrew Jones @arj2024.bsky.social · 19/08/2026↪ Replying to @ecowarriorss.bsky.socialI don't know where the myth about UK data centres using vast quantities of water comes from but I'm afraid it's just not true. In the UK and Northern Europe, data centres are designed differently from those in the scorching deserts of the US. 000