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What are datacentres doing to the places we love? In Slough, I found a bleak answer | John Harris
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09 Aug 2026, 14:03
Source: The Guardian
Whitehall wants to triple the UK’s number of datacentres – but demand for electricity and water means that could be at the expense of new homesAmid headlines about the UK’s drought, Europe’s wildfires and impossible global temperatures, it was 28C when I arrived in Slough last Mo...
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