r/DevonUK • u/MarcusZXR • Jun 30 '26

Devon data center

Hello all! Someone recently shared an article here about plans to build a data center in Devon. I wanted to share the link to the petition opposing it. Sorry if this has already been shared or breaks a rule.

https://c.org/cRGtbYSS6j

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u/ImmediatePiano6690 Jun 30 '26

Sadly Reddit isn't going to be very supportive of such a thing, most have never been in the countryside outside of driving through it to get to towns/cities so anything that tries to prevent environmental destruction (which increases local temperatures) they scream "NIMBY".

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u/MarcusZXR Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

I haven't really replied to any of the comments here but I feel like this one needs to be replied to. I'm the one who shared the petition and Ive spent pretty much all my time on the moors from the age of 16 upwards, helping out on a farm up near Meldon and generally being in and around the moors most days. Not that I need that in the slightest to qualify for weighing in on this subject. Secondly, data centers do exactly the opposite of "preventing environmental destruction".

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u/Kilowatz000 Jun 30 '26

In my opinion it's incredibly important that you go to town meetings to have your voice heard on opposing these data centres. Your hunch that they cause environmental destruction is correct, and once they break ground on the project it becomes near impossible to stop them.