{
  "id": 10162076,
  "title": "‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/people-are-standing-up-and-fighting-back-the-north-devon-revolt",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-27T07:00:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/27/people-are-standing-up-and-fighting-back-north-devon-ai-datacentre"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlash in north Devon. The datacentre revolt, which has spread across the US, has now reached the rolling hills of Great Torrington, a town with breathtaking views of the Unesco biosphere reserve. The proposed hyperscale AI data campus sits in the middle of the globally protected landscape, causing concern among locals who value the area's natural beauty and history.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}