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Opinion: I'd rather live next to a farmer than a data centre

News and business reporter Mia Willemsen questions why so many data centres are being built on agricultural land

Mia Willemsen
News and business reporter
clock 鈥� 2 min read
Opinion: I'd rather live next to a farmer than a data centre

Farmers have been subject to the Government's net zero targets through policy environment schemes for a long time now yet there seems to be no problem approving AI data centres across the country, especially...

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