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George Osborne comments on UK datacentre opposition
George Osborne said opposition to datacentres was holding Britain back and warned that the UK could lose technological sovereignty if it did not allow them to be built. The comments came amid protests and political opposition to new datacentre projects.
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George Osborne said opposition to datacentres was holding Britain back.
“Datacentre nimbys are holding Britain back, George Osborne has said”
AllegedGeorge Osborne said the UK would lose technological sovereignty to the US if it failed to allow datacentres to be built.
“He said the UK would lose its “sovereignty” over tech to the US if it failed to allow datacentres to be built.”
Protests about datacentres have taken place in multiple locations across the UK.
“There have been protests about datacentres across the UK”