AI firms push UK to fast-track data center rules amid protest risk

AI companies are lobbying the UK government to implement planning and incentive measures within 12 months to preempt local protests against data center developments. Campaigners argue that financial incentives for councils could erode public trust and reduce tax revenue for national services, highlighting a policy tension between rapid AI infrastructure buildout and local governance.

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