I can imagine the conversations within the #London #maladministration. ‘We need to approve another data centre’ ‘Why’ ‘Oh #AI and #Palentir and keeping #US tech companies happy and other things, mumble mumble’ ‘What about water and power requirements’ ‘Who cares, if Londoners complain we will ship it in from #Wales or #Scotland’ ‘Fine’ ‘What about #environmental assessments?’ ‘Screw them, we have avoided them in the past’ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/23/uk_gov_dc/