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Campaign against Climate Change @campaigncc.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Speakers and discussion at the start of our conference "This is Not Inevitable: Standing up to AI and Big Tech" co-hosted with Greater Manchester Climate Justice Coalition. With so many issues to cover, today will undoubtedly spark more campaigning and local meetings!

Speakers Anne Alexander, Rory Gibson (Medact) and chair Charlotte Smith

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Anne Alexander @aiarmsracebook.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Should we count AI infrastructure as heavy industry? A new post provides some background to the story published with @leanahosea.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on 17 December theaiarmsrace.substack.com/p/data-centr...

background image of an electric arc furnace - text says "data centres as industrial infrastructure"

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The UK’s largest planned data centre—a project by US firm QTS—is understating its true water consumption by a factor of 50, says new analysis by @watershed-i.bsky.social & @aiarmsracebook.bsky.social @digiconomist.bsky.social No mistake; AI is a heavy, polluting industry. shorturl.at/KXQxJ

theguardian.com

UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’

Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates

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