{
  "id": 16730521,
  "title": "UK government met 137 businesses over AI datacentres – but no environmental groups",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/uk-government-met-137-businesses-over-ai-datacentres-but-no-16730521",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-27T07:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/27/uk-government-environmental-groups-ai-datacentres-expansion-plans-investigation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Investigation finds dozens of ministers and civil servants moved into AI roles as government developed datacentre expansion plans The UK’s policy on datacentres and AI was developed without any meetings with environmental groups, an investigation has found. The nonprofit organisation Spotlight on Corruption said a “considerable revolving door” shaped the government’s development of “AI growth…",
  "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."
}