Important piece on London and data centres in the FT. Include's Foxglove's call for concrete conditions to ensure local water and energy supplies, or the environment, are not endangered. If not, developers shouldn’t be allowed to build. www.ft.com/content/67db...

Data centres vs housing: how London became a central battleground

The city has become the largest hub for AI power centres across Europe, competing with homes for energy, space and water. Its priorities are being called into question

ft.com

www.reuters.com/business/ene... The Cape Town Planning Tribunal approved Equinix's proposals to develop two huge data centres despite @foxglovelegal.bsky.social and Housing Assembly's objections over the project's water use, electricity demand and environmental ‌impact. More on this from us v soon 👀

South Africa tribunal approves Equinix data centres despite activist objections

Municipal authorities in South Africa's Cape Town have approved Equinix's proposal to develop two data centres in the city, despite objections from ​activist groups over the project's water use, elect...

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ICYMI: the UK's stats watchdog has told ministers they need to use accurate stats about Palantir - after it was revealed that their claims on the firm's supposed benefits to the NHS didn't stand up: www.theregister.com/public-secto...

Stats watchdog prescribes stronger caveats for NHS Palantir claims

Health service told to ensure ministers don't mistake before-and-after comparisons for cause and effect

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"tech campaign group Foxglove, said the 'damning report' made it clear that the government and Palantir needed to 'withdraw these dodgy marketing claims and correct the record'. (1/2)

NHS England adds caveat to pro-Palantir data after watchdog probe

Regulator urges health service to ensure communications about benefits are ‘clearly and appropriately labelled’

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"tech campaign group Foxglove, said the 'damning report' made it clear that the government and Palantir needed to 'withdraw these dodgy marketing claims and correct the record'. (1/2)

NHS England adds caveat to pro-Palantir data after watchdog probe

Regulator urges health service to ensure communications about benefits are ‘clearly and appropriately labelled’

ft.com

NEW: Stats watchdog criticises UK government over Palantir claims - ministers must now correct the record: www.foxglove.org.uk/2026/07/22/m...

Ministers must correct record on NHS Palantir claims after stats watchdog criticism - Foxglove

The UK’s statistics watchdog has announced today that changes must be made to the Government’s public claims about Palantir’s NHS platform to …

foxglove.org.uk

Foxglove has investigated & highlighted misleading claims made by the UK Govt in support of Palantir's NHS platform. We - & others - raised these with the UK stats watchdog, who today said that figures about the platform must be "clear" and "accurate." osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/nhs-eng...

NHS England Federated Data Platform (FDP) – presentation and communication of information and performance metrics

In recent weeks, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has been contacted by several members of the public and journalists regarding NHS England’s presentation and communication of information an...

osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk

Good piece on the harm Google is causing to publishers through use of AI in search - stealing others' work and repackaging it as their own. @foxglovelegal.bsky.social has submitted complaints to regulators in EU, Brazil, UK - and we're now seeing action : www.foxglove.org.uk/2026/06/03/p...

kate conger@kateconger.com · 2w ago

I wrote about what's happening to the web now that everything is A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/t...

Amazon faces US lawsuit "alleging it published false and misleading statements about the water use and sustainability of its Northern Virginia datacenters" www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026...

AWS sustainability claims don't hold water, lawsuit alleges

Ex-staffer accuses Amazon's Virginia datacenters of quietly guzzling H20 all year round, despite 'water positive' PR push

theregister.com

@foxglovelegal.bsky.social is hiring! 🚨 1. Co-executive director (maternity cover) jobs.theguardian.com/job/10151645... 2. Digital campaigner jobs.theguardian.com/job/10148397... Please share far and wide! Thank you.

4/4 Britain should be investing in sovereign capability and public-interest technology, not deepening dependence on Palantir. It's time to change course.

New: a US Big Tech data centre is moving ahead in South Africa, and has been allowed to dodge questions about the harm its huge resource use will cause to local communities and the environment. We're considering next legal steps. www.foxglove.org.uk/2026/07/14/p...

Press release: US data centre gets approval in South Africa despite unknown impact on water and power - Foxglove

The Municipal Planning Tribunal (MPT) in Cape Town has  approved the application of a US Big Tech company to start developing …

foxglove.org.uk

New: a US Big Tech data centre is moving ahead in South Africa, and has been allowed to dodge questions about the harm its huge resource use will cause to local communities and the environment. We're considering next legal steps. www.foxglove.org.uk/2026/07/14/p...

Press release: US data centre gets approval in South Africa despite unknown impact on water and power - Foxglove

The Municipal Planning Tribunal (MPT) in Cape Town has  approved the application of a US Big Tech company to start developing …

foxglove.org.uk

Sign the petition from @foxglovelegal.bsky.social calling on Burnham to hold firm and scrap Palantir for good. www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...

Sign the petition to Andy Burnham: If you become our next Prime Minister, please get Palantir out of our NHS.

ADD YOUR NAME NOW!

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Are you a an amazing campaigner interested in taking on Big Tech? If so @foxglovelegal.bsky.social would love to hear from you. All the info & how to apply below. Pls share! Job 🚨 www.foxglove.org.uk/news/jobs/di...

Digital Campaigner  - Foxglove

Contract type    12-month fixed term, full-time (with probation period)*we will consider applicants looking for a 4 day per week role.  …

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“Ultimately, if Palantir is embedded across our vital public services, and the UK’s defence and security, and one day Trump decides he wants to exert some pressure by threatening to pull the plug, who are they going to listen to?” www.middleeasteye.net/news/palanti...

Palantir: How a US spy-tech firm with links to Israel’s genocide infiltrated the British state

MPs and advocacy groups warn UK government’s £670m worth of contracts with Palantir is an ‘unacceptable point of weakness’

middleeasteye.net

Read about - and watch - our London Climate Action Week event on the environmental and social harms caused by data centres - and the need to ensure we don't foot the bill for Big Tech: www.foxglove.org.uk/2026/07/13/t...

The AI power grab nobody voted for: recapping our London Climate Action Week panel - Foxglove

Two weeks ago, as part of London Climate Action Week, Foxglove brought together lawyers, campaigners, communities impacted by data centres …

foxglove.org.uk

Another headline "benefit" of Palantir's NHS contract is looking "increasingly flimsy", according to the @financialtimes.com. A claimed "15% reduction in discharge delays" may be a product of a "litany of errors" in record-keeping, according to at least 4 NHS trusts.: www.ft.com/content/977a...

ICYMI: Watch Foxglove's @marthadark.bsky.social explain how Palantir dug their way into the UK's health service - and why they shouldn't be there at all:

Daniel Garrahan @dangarrahan.bsky.social · 4w ago

Palantir is one of the world's most controversial technology companies. This @financialtimes.com film explores how it turns raw data into power - corporate power, government power and military power youtu.be/kJ5XRl7PWxM?...

NHS digital staff call on the UK Government to end Palantir's contract: "a risk to patient trust, staff wellbeing, data quality, national sovereignty and the long term integrity of NHS data infrastructure" nhsdataanalyststogether.substack.com/p/over-100-d... #Palantir #NHS

Over 100 digital, data and tech staff working in the NHS ask senior leadership to end Palantir technology partnership, as the Health Select Committee recommends the government cancel the contract

Today we have sent our open letter, along with over 100 signatures from digital, data and tech staff working in the NHS, to senior leadership at NHS England and DHSC. The letter is signed by experienc...

nhsdataanalyststogether.substack.com

BREAKING: a second select committee has called on the government to trigger the break clause in the NHS contract with Palantir. committees.parliament.uk/committee/81...

Drop Palantir’s Federated Data Platform and look for alternative, MPs tell Health Minister - Committees - UK Parliament

MPs have urged the government to cut ties with Palantir and the Federated Data Platform (FDP), and to begin looking for an alternative.

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Health and Social Care Select Committee chair @laylamoran.bsky.social writes "The evidence of the benefits of the current Federated Data Platform is contested", great to see @foxglovelegal.bsky.social's work with the FT cited here. www.ft.com/content/9348...

NHS England admits key data does not prove Palantir’s effectiveness

Health service adds caveat saying that performance improvements cannot be attributed to £330mn contract

ft.com

They're right. As they say: Palantir is a threat to public trust in healthcare, there are lots of UK alternatives and Palantir's stats on their kit aren't quite right. It's time to kick them out. Join @foxglovelegal.bsky.social & partners in the: No Palantir in Our NHS campaign. nopalantir.org.uk

No Palantir in our NHS

Add your name now to call for US data company Palantir to be dropped from the NHS – and for the future of health data to keep faith with patient trust.

nopalantir.org.uk

A second government committee (Health and Social Care Committee) is now calling on gov to exercise the break clause on the NHS Federated Data Platform contract with spy-tech firm Palantir. committees.parliament.uk/publications...

It was great to speak to the FT about Palantir and why they should have no role in our NHS. Thank you @financialtimes.com and @dangarrahan.bsky.social for having me. @foxglovelegal.bsky.social has been fighting to keep Palantir out of the NHS since 2019 & will continue to do so with our partners.

Daniel Garrahan @dangarrahan.bsky.social · 4w ago

Palantir is one of the world's most controversial technology companies. This @financialtimes.com film explores how it turns raw data into power - corporate power, government power and military power youtu.be/kJ5XRl7PWxM?...

When it comes to the military uses of Google's products, or the way the company has retaliated against staff who raise concerns, Google's in-house philosophers are strangely silent: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The Govt's quiet admission that its Palantir claims don't stand up was highlighted by @foxglovelegal.bsky.social & the FT in recent weeks. But ministers are still trotting out these dodgy figures in parliament. www.ft.com/content/9348...

Donald Campbell@dncampbell.bsky.social · last mo.

Great news that the UK stats regulator is looking into the dodgy claims made by ministers in support of Palantir: www.hsj.co.uk/technology-a...

UK stats watchdog confirms to HSJ it is reviewing NHS England's use of statistics to claim benefits for Palantir's FDP – after NHSE admitted the stats it had published didn't actually do that. This follows Foxglove's work with the FT to expose these dodgy claims: www.hsj.co.uk/technology-a...

Watchdog launches investigation into NHSE claims of FDP effectiveness

The UK statistics watchdog has confirmed it is "reviewing" NHS England's use of figures to promote the federated data platform, HSJ can reveal.

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The hits keep coming for Palantir's NHS tech. It's revealed that at the Federated Data Platform's flagship hospital, Chelsea and Westminster – which received £3m from the UK govt to help implement the tool – waiting lists are going up, not down.

Andrew Kersley@andrewkersley.bsky.social · last mo.

Chelsea and Westminster is the poster child for Palantir – the first hospital to use its tech. It claims to have cut waiting lists there by 183,000. But when I investigated for @londonermag.bsky.social, I found evidence that wasn't true. Now MPs are calling for an inquiry. Read my full expose:

Chelsea and Westminster is the poster child for Palantir – the first hospital to use its tech. It claims to have cut waiting lists there by 183,000. But when I investigated for @londonermag.bsky.social, I found evidence that wasn't true. Now MPs are calling for an inquiry. Read my full expose:

Palantir cleared 183,000 patients from one hospital's waiting list. Or did it?

Chelsea and Westminster Trust claimed the tech giant’s software helped it clear a patient backlog, even as its actual waiting list was rising fast

the-londoner.co.uk