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Data centres: What are they, and why in Yorkshire?
What are data centres, why are they in Yorkshire and what reaction has this plan received?
Earlier this year Microsoft was given the go-ahead to build a major new data centre complex at the site of a former power station in Stourton. The Skelton Grange scheme includes three data centre buildings housing computer servers, as well as a warehouse with up to 161,000 sq ft, of floorspace. What exactly is a data centre, and what has the reaction been to these plans?
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