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Campaigners against the building of a Microsoft data centre complex voiced their opposition at a city centre protest on Saturday (12 September 2026). Microsoft is continuing to face opposition to the scheme at the former Skelton Grange power station site in Stourton. More than 42,000 people have signed a petition
Green Party councillors on Leeds City Council, including Cllr Ed Carlisle (Hunslet & Riverside) and Matt Rogan (Beeston & Holbeck), have come out against the plans for Microsoft to build a hyperscale Data Centre at the former power station site at Skelton Grange and have issued the following statement: Leeds
We may have finally come to the end of a long hot summer in Leeds, but the No Leeds Datacentre campaign is still generating its fair share of heat. A group of 170 Leeds residents gathered national attention as they opposed Microsoft’s plans to construct three hyperscale data centre buildings
A group of 100 Leeds residents have formed an action group to oppose Microsoft’s construction of three Hyperscale AI Datacentre buildings in Stourton. The site is situated next to TCV’s Skelton Grange Environment Centre, just one mile from the largest sustainable development in the UK, Leeds’ Climate Innovation District. South
Computer firm Microsoft is set to be given the go-ahead to build a data centre on the site of a former power station. Jobs could be created if the company is given approval for the redevelopment of the Skelton Grange site in Stourton. Microsoft said the facility would boost the
Microsoft’s plans to build a data centre at Stourton will no doubt be good for the local economy creating both construction and operating jobs. We all use the internet everyday and we need to infrastructure that allows us to do that. But … I do have my reservations. The massive
A planning application has been submitted by Microsoft to build a data centre on the site of the former Skelton Grange power station in Stourton. Data Centres house ranks of servers (computers) providing computer power and storage for ‘the cloud’ and for artificial intelligence operations. They require large quantities of
Recently, I woke up to the sad news that John Prescott had died. The former Labour deputy leader was a huge political figure who made a unique contribution to the Labour and trade union movement that he loved so deeply. Authentic, funny, tough, highly skilled and, at times, unpredictable, he
Ambitious plans for what could be the largest free school in the country have been revealed. The Leeds Academy, which would be located in “city centre south”, is expected to cost around £17million and could be a catalyst for the regeneration of the area between the River Aire and the
[slideshow]Views are being sought on proposals to transform the former Yorkshire Chemicals site in Hunslet to house a large, purpose-built data centre. Applicant Yorkshire Design Group has already outlined how the data centre will be “a catalyst for the creation of a new hub for high technology digital and creative media on