Council backed Devon AI datacentre before it went public, Guardian reports
Xlinks plans a 1.5GW AI campus and 1.8GW battery site near Great Torrington, and locals are campaigning against it.
Via TNW | Artificial-intelligence
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. They show the developer, Xlinks, had been in private talks with Torridge district council since March 2025. The council sent a letter of support in April 2025, before any environmental study or public consultation.
The council told the Guardian that…
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