News and updates

• The Data Centre Covenant applies in Wales

  2 November 2026 · A fast-track for “strategic” data centres, decided in London.

• Have your say on England’s draft data-centre policy, by 8 January

  2 November 2026 · Why people in Wales should respond, and a plain guide to data-centre numbers.

• The Data Centre Covenant: what it means for Wales

  30 October 2026 · Priority grid access, England’s draft policy, and power for Bro Tathan.

• Cardiff East: batteries, the land sale and an updated paper

  21 October 2026 · A short battery guide, a question about the land sale, and updated papers.

• Cardiff East data centre: comments close 28 October

  19 October 2026 · A new case study, and our representations to Cardiff Council.

• Bro Tathan: what the screening file shows

  16 October 2026 · The Council’s screening file, and the EU’s secret energy and water figures.

• The Minister for AI updates Parliament on AI risk

  13 October 2026 · A statement on AI risk and cyber security, and what it means for the questions here.

• Welcome: the site is now live

  13 October 2026 · How to find your way around.

• Who controls the machines, and the UK’s national AI institute on risk

  11 October 2026 · Control of computing power; the Alan Turing Institute on frontier AI risk.

• New guide to environmental assessment, and other updates

  9 October 2026 · How to check an EIA, and what has changed since 3 October.

• The Government’s AI position examined

  3 October 2026 · Understanding admitted, safeguards deferred, infrastructure fast-tracked.

Coming next

• “Forever chemicals” and AI: what the ChemSec survey means for data centres.
• The questions tracker: what has been asked, and who has answered.
• Bro Tathan: what the planning file shows.

Posts are dated, link to their sources, and are corrected openly if they turn out to be wrong.