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Council backed Devon AI datacentre before it went public, Guardian reports

A council in north Devon backed a huge AI datacentre plan more than a year before the public knew about it. The documents were reported by Sandra Laville for the Guardian. Campaigners got the papers through freedom of information requests. They show the developer, Xlinks, had been in private talks…

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  1. 2026-09-27 13:57 · The Next Web
    Council backed Devon AI datacentre before it went public, Guardian reports

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