Datacentres

Category: Datacentres

Spies in the sky: how worried should we be about the arrival of AI-enabled smart lamp-posts?

The new breed of camera-equipped streetlights has the potential to fight crime and track down missing persons. Or will it just take Britain one step closer to a surveillance state?How would you feel if your neighbourhood...

‘People are scared their neighbours will call the police on them’: how the hosepipe ban got caught up in the culture wars

by The Guardian | Jul 23, 2026 | Datacentres, Environment, Gardening advice, Life and style, Plants, Society, Thames Water, The Guardian, Water, Water industry | 0 |

While many people in the UK recognise the need to preserve water, others are furious and planning to flout the ban in their area. The target of their anger? Failing water companies and frighteningly thirsty data centres‘Plants...