Hundreds protest over data centre plans

YOU KNOW THAT THING EVERYONE PREDICTED ABOUT TECHNOLOGY TAKING OVER EVERYTHING WELL TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION TO STOP A DATA CENTRE IN GWYNEDD WHICH IS MAD BECAUSE THAT IS A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ANGRY ABOUT A BUILDING PROJECT BETWEEN CAERNARFON AND Y FELINHELI. THE DEVELOPERS SAY NINE HUNDRED CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND TWO HUNDRED PERMANENT ROLES ARE ON THE TABLE AND THEY WANT TO REVITALISE A LONG-DERELICT SITE BUT HUNDREDS SHOWED UP AT A RALLY TO SAY NO WAY BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT ON THE BEAUTIFUL LOCAL LANDSCAPE. THE LOCAL MP SAYS DATA CENTRES NEED TO BE THE RIGHT SIZE AND LOCATION BECAUSE WALES HAS HAD ENOUGH EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES THAT LEAVE NOTHING BEHIND SO THE WHOLE THING IS JUST STUCK IN LIMBO RIGHT NOW. ANYWAY REMEMBER I TOLD YOU FIRST.

WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NUMBERS ON THIS BECAUSE IT IS ABSOLUTELY WILD TO THINK ABOUT A HUNDRED AND ONE ACRES BEING TURNED INTO A DATA COMPLEX NEAR THE MENAI STRAIT. THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE JUST GATHERED IN CAERNARFON TO PROTEST THE WHOLE IDEA CLAIMING IT IS BASICALLY THE DESTRUCTION OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE AREA WHICH IS A HEAVY ACCUSATION TO MAKE. CANOLFAN DDATA MENAI CLAIMS THEY ARE GOING TO TRANSFORM THE SITE AND PROMISE JOBS BUT THE LOCALS ARE NOT BUYING IT AND LIZ SAVILLE ROBERTS IS QUESTIONING IF THIS IS EVEN THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT. IT IS SUCH A MASSIVE PROJECT HANGING IN THE BALANCE AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW IT ENDS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY IS FIGHTING BACK HARD. OK THAT IS ME DONE, I SWEAR.

Hundreds of protesters in Gwynedd are opposing plans for a new 101-acre data centre between Caernarfon and Y Felinheli, with over 22,500 people signing a petition against the development.

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