Londoners fight a Brick Lane datacentre, and it is not even for AI

Residents in east London are fighting a datacentre planned for Brick Lane, saying the site should hold homes, not servers. The twist: it would serve high-frequency trading, not AI. Britain’s datacentre backlash has reached the heart of east London. Residents around Brick Lane oppose a plan for the old Truman Brewery site. It would put […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Londoners fight a Brick Lane datacentre, and it is not even for AI

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