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Opinion: You can't eat a data centre

As the battle to stop solar swallowing farmland continues, a new player has entered the field

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock 鈥� 3 min read
Opinion: You can't eat a data centre

Food security has climbed the political agenda in recent months, yet across the countryside some of our most productive farmland is steadily disappearing beneath solar panels, battery storage sites and...

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