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- Plans for a hyperscale AI data campus in north Devon — billed as one of Europe's largest AI campuses — have sparked fierce local backlash because the site sits inside a Unesco-designated, globally protected reserve.
- The north Devon opposition is framed as a UK chapter of a "datacentre revolt" already spreading across the US, where communities have risen up against massive AI infrastructure projects.
Why it matters: North Devon's fight targets one of Europe's largest proposed AI campuses inside a Unesco-designated reserve, making it a concrete UK test case for whether hyperscale AI infrastructure can be sited on globally protected land. The outcome will either embolden or deflate the parallel opposition movements already active in the US, shaping where future AI capacity can legally be built.
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