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

TNW•Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 01:57 PM•2 min read

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.

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