Plans to build a 130ft-high data centre that would overlook a Jewish cemetery and use the same amount of electricity as Sheffield have been condemned as ‘unethical’ and ‘irresponsible’ by residents.
The huge AI warehouse in the London commuter town of Bushey in Hertfordshire is set to be built on the site of an ‘irreplaceable’ orchard and a former hotel, with neighbours facing up to a decade of construction work.
It is expected to use up to 764million litres of water a year – the equivalent consumption of 15,000 people – and 1,900GWh of electricity, more than four times the amount currently consumed by
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