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Everyone hates datacentres. Do we really need them? – podcast

AI companies have promised us world-shifting technology. But there’s a cost: loud, unsightly datacentres that drain environmental resources. As the government pushes their rapid growth, can local communities do anything to push back? Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s global technology reporter Aisha Down about the backlash to datacentres across the UK and around the world For tickets to…

Everyone hates datacentres. Do we really need them? – podcast

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From Plain English to a Live Dashboard: Automating Reporting with MCP

Someone in your Slack asks, "How many people signed up last week?" You open a SQL client, write a query you've written a dozen times before, run it, copy the number, and paste it back.

  • MCP automates reporting by connecting AI assistants to databases through a permissioned interface
  • MCP exposes resources (read-only data), tools (query execution), and prompts (reusable templates)
  • AI drafts SQL queries based on schema, runs read-only queries, and saves them to a dashboard

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