Owen Espley (he/him)

Four adults and one child hold signs saying "Save Brick Lane", "Build Homes Not Data Centres" and "Stop Dirty Data Centres"

A group of adults stand at a gate in front of a field with signs saying "North Ockendon Mega Data Centres in the Greenbelt countryside - Say NO!" and "Stop Dirty Data Centres".

A group of adults stand in a field holding a large pink banner that reads "Stop Dirty Data Centres" and hold up a yellow flag for "Friends of the Earth".

4 adults hold a large pink banner that reads "Stop Dirty Data Centres", while standing in front of trees.

Thank you to all the communities and campaigners across the country who joined together last weekend to participate in our days of action to #StopDirtyDataCentres.

Together, we can build the power we need to that ensure data centres aren’t built at the expense of our climate and communities.

Campaigners Unite to #StopDirtyDataCentres On Friday and Saturday 27-28 February communities and campaigners across the country joined together to oppose Big Tech's unchecked expansion of hyperscale data centres. Local campaigners and NGOs co...

The days of action gave voice to the growing number of communities questioning the wisdom of rushing to build ever more AI - Hyperscale data centres at the expense of local communities, climate targets and the environment" #StopDirtyDataCentres
www.globalactionplan.org.uk/insights/new...

"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

The pharma deal with the US is woefully short-sighted There must be more scrutiny of our pharma agreement with the US. Trump is strong-arming the UK into accepting massive price rises.

"Parliament must have the final say over whether we’ll accept Trump and big pharma’s bullying. If we give in this time around, they'll only be coming back for more."

Brilliant from MP Iqbal Mohamed for @thehousemag.bsky.social 👏🏽

www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

We joined @globalactionplan.bsky.social and friends this morning outside DESNZ as part of the weekend of action against dirty data centres!

Find out more about the issues here: www.campaigncc.org/ai_data_cent...

Save Brick Lane saying #StopDirtyDataCentres outside the site where one is proposed. The community is wants the site to be used for social housing.

It's time to #StopDirtyDataCentres outside Google HQ, London on #MarchAgainstTheMachines #PullThePlug

#PullThePlug marching to Google HQ in London #StopDirtyDataCentres
#MarchAgainstTheMachines

UK to see weekend protests against ‘dirty datacentres’ | Computer Weekly Environmental charity Global Action Plan UK is coordinating a campaign effort to bring attention to wider concerns about datacentre electricity demand, water use and environmental impacts

Thank you @computerweekly.bsky.social for covering our days of action this weekend to #StopDirtyDataCentres at the expense of communities and a safe climate.

www.computerweekly.com/news/3666394...

Stop the Data Centre — Potters Bar A 187,000 sqm data centre on Green Belt land next to your school. Cancer risks, 24/7 noise, 144 diesel generators. Learn the facts and take action.

Potters Bar residents are taking part in the days of action this weekend with a public consultation today and tomorrow to oppose the plan for a 187,000 sqm industrial data centre on protected Green Belt land. Check out their new website: protect-potters-bar.co.uk #StopDirtyDataCentres

Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning outside DESNEZ, to kick off our #StopDirtyDataCentres days of action. Join an action near you this weekend: www.globalactionplan.org.uk/stop-dirty-data-centres

Nine people standing outside the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero holding a banner that reads “STOP DIRTY DATA CENTRES” and another banner that reads “London Mining Network - holding the mining industry to account”

Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning outside the DESNEZ, to kick off our Stop Dirty Data Centres days of action, in solidarity with people across the country taking a stand against data centres being built at the expense of communities and climate.
#StopDirtyDataCentres

Communities across the UK are taking action today and tomorrow to #StopDirtyDataCentres. They'll use energy, land + water that should be for people, not big tech.

In Brick Lane, London, they plan to build a new data centre instead of social housing 🤯

Moratorium now!
@globalactionplan.bsky.social

UK activists plan protests over climate, social impacts of AI data centres LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Activists are set to take to British streets on Friday for two days of protests against the expansion of data centres ‌to serve booming demand for artificial intelligence, a...

"Activists are set to take to British streets on Friday for two days of protests against the expansion of data centres ‌to serve booming demand for artificial intelligence, and the impact of the facilities ‌on communities and the environment." #StopDirtyDataCentres www.yahoo.com/news/article...

UK to see weekend protests against ‘dirty datacentres’ | Computer Weekly Environmental charity Global Action Plan UK is coordinating a campaign effort to bring attention to wider concerns about datacentre electricity demand, water use and environmental impacts

“This weekend, communities challenging hyperscale datacentres will come together for the first time ...we can all be part of creating a better future where infrastructure works for communities and climate, not against them.” #StopDirtyDataCentres www.computerweekly.com/news/3666394...

Stop Dirty Data Centres Big Tech’s ambition to build more and more energy-hungry data centres is putting the UK’s climate targets at risk, and the Government is letting them. Now is the time to act.

On Friday and Saturday 27-28 February, communities will come together to take coordinated action, calling for stronger protection of our climate in the face of rapid hyperscale data centre expansion. Join us: www.globalactionplan.org.uk/stop-dirty-data-centres

Data Centres Threaten UK Climate Targets Big Tech’s plan to build more hyperscale data centres is putting the UK’s climate targets at risk. Developers’ own figures indicate that emissions from just 10 planned UK data centres will release 2.7 million tonnes of CO² each year, wiping out annual CO² savings from the switch to EVs.

Big Tech’s ambition to build more data centres is putting the UK’s climate targets at risk, and the Government is letting them.

It is estimated that more than 100 data centres are planned across the UK, the largest of which would consume more electricity than double all the households in Wales.

"People are rising up against big tech data centres being built at the expense of people and planet". Photo in black and white of 10 people holding a banner that stays 'STOP DIRTY DATA CENRES'. Global action plan logo.

This weekend we’re coordinating days of action with campaigners and local communities across the country, to oppose Big Tech's unchecked expansion of hyperscale data centres in the UK.

Join an action near you: www.globalactionplan.org.uk/stop-dirty-data-centres

Can't see a similarly named bill getting past the UK parliament's table office - heard MPs have enough trouble with strongly worded early days motions...

US Critical Mineral Aggression Abroad Connected to Data Center Fights at Home We must phase out fossil fuels—not endlessly reshuffle environmental sacrifice zones around the planet, write Hannah Lipstein and Tamara Kneese.

Data center fights are hyperlocal but depend on opaque global supply chains + geopolitical resource grabs. How do data centers connect with critical minerals and electronics manufacturing, and what makes these connections palpable? Hannah Lipstein + I wrote about this @techpolicypress.bsky.social

I'm featured in TIME's new cover story "People vs AI", speaking about my experience working on Gemini during Google's backslide into AI hype and militarism. A few thoughts 🧵

time.com/7377579/ai-d...

More Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.

Thank you to No Tech for Apartheid for holding this work down

Looking at USPS only through a profit lens misses rural economic opportunities "We need to rethink the Postal Service as a public good and fund it appropriately so that it can support rural economies," Elena Patel said.

Looking at USPS only through a profit lens misses rural economic opportunities

U.K. Amazon workers meet with Unifor to share organizing strategies Amazon warehouse workers from Coventry, United Kingdom, joined Unifor organizers on Feb. 5 at the union’s national office in Toronto to exchange lessons, strategies, and hard-won insights from…

Amazon warehouse workers from Coventry, United Kingdom, joined Unifor organizers on Feb. 5 at the union’s national office in Toronto to exchange lessons, strategies, and hard-won insights from efforts to organize one of the world’s largest employers.
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How AI is draining Australia’s green power In 2019, a new venture in the Australian outback looked set to export our solar power to the world – upending our neighbours’ reliance on fossil fuels. Backed by the billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes ...

Was lovely to chat with the 7am podcast team about why a huge clean export project flipped to powering data centres

It's all part of the bigger story of tech eating up the resources of climate action, diverted away from eliminating fossil fuels and towards fuelling a growth-obsessed hype industry.

Residents Warn 28-Day Consultation Is ‘Nowhere Near Enough’ for Huge Data Centre Plans On Greenbelt Land In Havering. Residents fighting the proposed East Havering Data Centre are stepping up pressure on Havering Council, demanding the maximum possible consultation period for a development they say is too big, too…

Using obscure process to exclude local voices, no transparency over energy and water use, and a major end client who doesn't reveal themselves: is this really how we build a sustainable future? #StopDirtytDatacentres thehaveringdaily.co.uk/2026/01/26/r...

Government admits its approval for Buckinghamshire AI datacentre should be quashed Campaigners hail U-turn during legal challenge over proposed centre an ‘embarrassing climbdown’

Major news yesterday for our legal challenge against the UK Government - the government has admitted that its decision to force through the construction of a new hyperscale data centre in Buckinghamshire contained a “serious logical error”.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

They want us to shut up, while the machine crushes us all. It’s time to say “SHUT DOWN the machine!”

Join us as we make it clear. We want ICE out of our communities. #ICEOUT

3/3 Result: "UK Government admits “serious error” in forcing through hyperscale data centre without environmental protections"
Full PR here: lnkd.in/enJHDRDZ #StopDirtyDataCentres

2/3 Local communities facing data centres where they live came out to support..