Residents are in uproar over plans to build a £3billion data centre outside their tiny Kent village.
Locals in Southfleet received letters last week revealing that land currently used for fruit growing has been earmarked for the proposed Ebbsfleet AI Data Centre.
Sprawling across 145 acres, the data centre would be one of the largest in the UK. It is deemed to be of such national importance that the developers are going straight to the Government for permission instead of seeking approval from the local council.
Data centres, which house computers and data storage equipment used to run digital services, are considered critical to
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