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Martha Dark @marthadark.bsky.social · 21h

Great write up of our report in Computer Weekly. We'll continue to urge gov to properly scrutinise data centre developers’ environmental claims. @foxglovelegal.bsky.social @globalactionplan.bsky.social

www.computerweekly.com/news/3666322...

(full report here www.foxglove.org.uk/wp-content/u...)

Government urged to scrutinise datacentre developers’ environmental claims | Computer Weekly

A new report by environmental non-profit Foxglove suggests the government's pro-datacentre agenda could be set to derail the UK's decarbonisation efforts

www.computerweekly.com

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 22h

“Unless the government changes course, the result will be that Big Tech reaps the profits while the British public are left to pick up the tab, in terms of environmental damage, carbon emissions and soaring energy costs.”
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666322...

Government urged to scrutinise datacentre developers’ environmental claims | Computer Weekly

A new report by environmental non-profit Foxglove suggests the government's pro-datacentre agenda could be set to derail the UK's decarbonisation efforts

www.computerweekly.com

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 3d

"Plans to build 10 large data centres in the UK could effectively wipe out the carbon emissions saved by switching to electric cars in 2025, research has found." observer.co.uk/news/busines... via @theobserveruk.bsky.social

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 3d

"Plans to build 10 large data centres in the UK could effectively wipe out the carbon emissions saved by switching to electric cars in 2025, research has found." observer.co.uk/news/busines... via @theobserveruk.bsky.social

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 3d

New report: just 10 of the largest data centres currently planned for the UK would produce millions of tonnes of carbon emissions each year, wiping out the savings from the switch to electric cars:

www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/10/05/r...

Report: 10 new data centres would wipe out annual carbon savings from electric cars - Foxglove

Just ten of the new, large-scale data centres being built in the UK would lead to annual carbon emissions equivalent …

www.foxglove.org.uk

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Martha Dark @marthadark.bsky.social · 5d

www.crowdjustice.com/case/datacen...

We @foxglovelegal.bsky.social and @globalactionplan.bsky.social are just £500 away from our fundraising target. Please share and donate if you can to help us get there!

Stop the Government forcing through Destructive Data Centres

Foxglove is a non-profit which exists to make technology fair for everyone. They are co-claimant in the case. Global Action Plan is an environmental charity which works to improve the health of peopl

www.crowdjustice.com

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 7d

“Underinvesting in platform safety has serious consequences,” says Martha Dark, the co-executive director of Foxglove... "Weakening moderation inevitably means violent and graphic content is left up for longer and spreads more quickly” theintercept.com/2025/09/24/c...

Videos of Charlie Kirk’s Murder Are Still on Social Media — and That’s No Accident

Politicians demanding the removal of videos of Kirk’s killing pushed tech companies to gut the very systems they now expect to protect them.

theintercept.com

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 7d

Should Big Tech be able to profit at the cost of our climate, water and energy supplies? Should the UK Govt be helping them to do so? Join our challenge here: www.crowdjustice.com/case/datacen...

Stop the Government forcing through Destructive Data Centres

Foxglove is a non-profit which exists to make technology fair for everyone. They are co-claimant in the case. Global Action Plan is an environmental charity which works to improve the health of peopl

www.crowdjustice.com

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 8d

Foxglove's @marthadark.bsky.social was at the UK's Labour party conference this week to warn about the environmental costs of Big Tech's data centres:

Labour Climate and Environment Forum @lcefuk.bsky.social · 9d

There is a real knowledge gap around the energy and water consumption of data centres, says Martha Dark from @foxglovelegal.bsky.social, and there need to be better mechanisms for holding developers to their commitments - how do we build this infrastructure without letting climate targets slip?

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 12d

ICYMI: New UK AI investment comes with a cost - your bills and our climate

www.context.news/ai/opinion/u...

UK AI investment comes with a cost - your bills and our climate | Context by TRF

Britain is so desperate to join the AI frenzy that it is prepared to ignore the huge costs this will have for our climate

www.context.news

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 17d

there is a “total lack of transparency and accountability” about existing UK data centres and their environmental impact. observer.co.uk/news/busines...

Billions for UK data centres pose challenge for power grid

Warning of vast demands on water and energy if AI infrastructure expands in UK with new projects

observer.co.uk

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks again to @takeoneaction.bsky.social for a great event last night, which ran three short films exploring the hidden labour of our tech infrastructures. Great to speak w/ @foxglovelegal.bsky.social too. Below is a checklist to get more involved in tech labour/justice/de-Googling your life.

Dismantling Tech Fantasies pathways to action check list, which has a list of resources to get involved with tech justice. You may be able to get a copy of the list from Take One Action at https://www.takeoneaction.org.uk

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 22d

⛓️‍💥 DISMANTLING TECH FANTASIES 🌐

Our programmer shares a highlight from our Edinburgh festivals, a shorts programme about interrogating the false promises of AI.

Screening at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social on Saturday 20th September, 3PM!

www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/disman...

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 20d

Germany's anti-cartel office warns on threat of US Big Tech dominance:

"it is crucial now to identify potential abuses at an early stage and to ensure open markets for AI"

www.foxglove.org.uk/2025/09/18/c...

“Crucial to identify potential abuses” involving Big Tech, AI and Cloud, says German regulator - Foxglove

Germany’s competition watchdog has acknowledged that it is “crucial now to identify potential abuses” in the AI and Cloud sector, …

www.foxglove.org.uk

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 20d

Trump and his Big Tech cronies want to carpet the UK in polluting data centres - and the UK Government wants to help them. Help us stop them pushing through destructive data centres without a thought for the costs: www.crowdjustice.com/case/datacen...

Stop the Government forcing through Destructive Data Centres

Foxglove is a non-profit which exists to make technology fair for everyone. They are co-claimant in the case. Global Action Plan is an environmental charity which works to improve the health of peopl

www.crowdjustice.com

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 21d

US Big Tech boss says he's "hoping for more" polluting gas plants to be built in the UK - to power a vast expansion of the data centres that drive his profits.

The UK Govt needs to reject this completely.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nvidia and Microsoft bosses hail huge UK AI investment

Microsoft, Google and Nvidia have announced investments as part of a £31bn UK-US

www.bbc.co.uk

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 21d

How will Trump, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Nadella, Altman, Pichai et al achieve this dominance? By "exporting [the USA's] full AI technology stack—hardware, models, software, applications, and standards-to all countries..."

This week, that's what's coming to the UK.

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 21d

Amid the UK Govt's enthusiastic announcement of deals with Trump and Big Tech, it's worth remembering the clearly stated aims of Trump's 'AI Action Plan':

The "unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance" of the US: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

www.whitehouse.gov

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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 22d

Excited to moderate this at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social on Sat as part of our Real Utopias festivals.

Come along if you like weird but brilliant shorts exploring the frontiers of tech, and brilliant-post screening conversations with @karengregory.bsky.social, @foxglovelegal.bsky.social and YOU

Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 22d

⛓️‍💥 DISMANTLING TECH FANTASIES 🌐

Our programmer shares a highlight from our Edinburgh festivals, a shorts programme about interrogating the false promises of AI.

Screening at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social on Saturday 20th September, 3PM!

www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/disman...

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 22d

Google "declined to comment" on their own figures showing their planned data centre would create half a million tonnes of carbon emissions every year - equivalent to several international airports: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Google’s huge new Essex datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year

Exclusive: Planning documents show impact of Thurrock ‘hyperscale’ unit as UK attempts to ramp up AI capacity

www.theguardian.com

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 23d

Trump and his Big Tech allies want to roll out vast data centres across the UK, at huge cost to our climate, water and energy supplies.

The UK Govt is backing them, without a thought for the environment - help us take action: www.crowdjustice.com/case/datacen...

#Trump #StateVisit

Stop the Government forcing through Destructive Data Centres

Foxglove is a non-profit which exists to make technology fair for everyone. They are co-claimant in the case. Global Action Plan is an environmental charity which works to improve the health of peopl

www.crowdjustice.com

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 23d

Happy 10th birthday to @freiheitsrechte.org

Freiheitsrechte.org - GFF @freiheitsrechte.org · 25d

Seit 10 Jahren ziehen wir für die Freiheit vor Gericht! Damit #Grundrechte nicht nur auf dem Papier stehen – sondern allen Menschen ein gleichberechtigtes Leben in #Würde und Freiheit sichern. Im Namen des Volkes. #10YGFF 🎉
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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 23d

Just one of these new Big Tech data centres will produce more than half a million tonnes of carbon emissions every year - new research by Foxglove finds: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Donald Campbell @dncampbell.bsky.social · 23d

Research from @foxglovelegal.bsky.social shows that Google's new data centre will cause half a million tonnes of carbon emissions. And this is just one of many the Trump - Big Tech axis hopes to roll out across the UK: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Google’s huge new Kent datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year

Exclusive: Planning documents show impact of Thurrock ‘hyperscale’ unit as UK attempts to ramp up AI capacity

www.theguardian.com

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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 23d

“Starmer needs to stop bowing to the Trump-Big Tech agenda & start standing up for the interests of the UK public– otherwise we'll all be paying for the tech giants’ datacentres, whether in soaring energy bills, dwindling water supplies or a heating planet.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Google’s huge new Essex datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year

Exclusive: Planning documents show impact of Thurrock ‘hyperscale’ unit as UK attempts to ramp up AI capacity

www.theguardian.com

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