{
  "id": 5013262,
  "title": "Why does everyone hate datacentres?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/why-does-everyone-hate-datacentres",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-01T17:04:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2026/sep/01/why-does-everyone-hate-datacentres"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "AI datacentres are almost universally unpopular . They are loud, unsightly and drain environmental resources, with most of the profits generated flowing back to the US companies that build them – and the statistics against them are piling up. Guardian reporter Hettie O’Brien visits Brick Lane in east London, where people are trying to resist plans for a 5,200-sq metre datacentre being pushed…",
  "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."
}