Independent environmental impact assessment for data centres & make AI opt-in
Require independent environmental impact assessments before any data centres are approved end the designation of data centres as "critical national infrastructure". We also call for AI to be opt-in, not built into everyday online services by default, so the public is not forced to fuel this boom.
Signatures
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 9/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 9/100,000
- 06 AUG 2026Petition opened for signaturesCreated by Lucy Logan-Walker
Background
In our view data centres for AI use vast amounts of water, yet communities get little say. In Morgan County, Georgia (USA), residents beside a major data centre report discoloured, undrinkable water and many now rely on shipped-in supplies, prompting calls for a federal investigation. Now, in North Devon, an 850-acre data campus, is proposed on protected farmland in a region currently facing hosepipe bans. In our view, the public never chose this boom but will pay for it in water, land and higher bills.