Community raises heat and job-loss concerns at public exhibition for Microsoft data centre near Reading
A public exhibition for a proposed Microsoft data centre near Reading (Thames Valley Park, Earley) raised community concerns about rising local temperatures from heat generation and the broader threat AI poses to jobs. The project would demolish three existing office buildings to build a data facility with offices, generators, fuel cells, and a substation. Dozens attended the exhibition, including politicians and press, with early-stage plans on display.
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Fears about increasing temperatures and the threat AI poses to jobs were raised at a public exhibition for a planned data centre near Reading.
The project involves the demolition of three office buildings to make way for a data facility made up of an office, generators, fuel cells and a substation.
Dozens of people attended the exhibition, with interest from politicians and press.
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