Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates The UK’s largest proposed datacentre is understating the scale of its planned water use, according to an analysis. The first phase of construction for the hyperscale campus in Cambois in Northumberland has been given the go-ahead by the local council. The US operator QTS, which is developing the site, has promoted its “water-free” cooling system as proof of its sustainability. Continue reading...

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The milestone is one of a number of new measures taking effect on St Andrew's Day from the Scottish Languages Act.

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Back in the early nineties all across the EU a rule was introduced to protect rivers and streams from agricultural run off. At the last count 7,000 out of 137,000 farms in Ireland had received a derog...

Although Ireland had endured earlier famines – including one in the 1740s that, proportionally, claimed more lives...

Ireland’s cancer services were once ‘the jewel in the crown’ of the health service, but delayed diagnoses and staff shortages have diminished patient care

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The report on the River Blackwater fish kill published this week was inconclusive, with no enough evidence to say what was to blame for the largest fish kill in Irish history. We discuss the impact of...

A Co Down woman who set up a lockdown project focused on getting more women into fly fishing has spoken of the massive health and well-being benefits of the pastime, which has only grown in popularity...

Critical computing expert Dan McQuillan weighs in on the proliferation of artificial intelligence throughout the public sector and the potential this opens up for a slew of new IT scandals

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Zorin OS, created by two brothers, blends speed and privacy of Linux with design and ease-of-use that laptop users expect

Professor Rónán Collins is a keen angler and is horrified at the recent fish kill in the River Blackwater. He asks why we continue to treat our waterways like sewers.

Graeber seems to have had most fun as an outsider, a movement anthropologist wending his way among anticapitalist...

Scotland's Place-Names by Dr Simon Taylor The Rhind Lectures 2025: Place-names make a unique contribution to our understanding of how we humans have interact...