# The 130ft-high data centre using same energy as a large city: Fury over ‘unethical’ plans for AI warehouse that overlooks commuter town’s Jewish cemetery and towers over homes

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-130ft-high-data-centre-using-same-energy-as-a-large-city-fury-over-unethical-plans-for-ai-warehouse-that-overlooks-commuter-towns-jewish-cemetery-and-towers-over-homes/
- Published: 2026-10-29T00:53:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T01:11:23+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16090991/Fury-plans-AI-warehouse-overlook-Jewish-cemetery.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: AI, Technology, World

## Key points

- Bushey residents oppose plans for a 130ft AI data centre.
- It could use 1,900GWh of electricity and 764 million litres of water yearly.
- Nearby residents cite the cemetery, homes and local resources among their concerns.

## Summary

Residents in Bushey, Hertfordshire, are objecting to plans for a 130ft data centre, calling the project unethical and irresponsible because of its scale and proximity to homes and a Jewish cemetery. The proposed AI facility would sit on former green-belt land that includes an orchard and a vacant hotel, with residents concerned about the effect on the area and the cemetery’s quiet setting.

The centre is forecast to use 1,900GWh of electricity a year, comparable to Sheffield’s consumption, and up to 764 million litres of water, roughly the annual use of 15,000 people. Some residents at a nearby traveller site could live just 15ft from the development, while neighbours also raise concerns about supply pressures, noise, traffic and up to ten years of construction. The article reports that the plans have been submitted; it does not state that they have been approved.

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