Clearstone wants to build AI data centre on fruit fields between Southfleet and Northfleet, in Dartford borough

Calls are growing louder to scrap plans for a new AI data centre the size of 90 football pitches planned for rural Kent. Residents and councillors are concerned about the loss of 145 acres of farmland and the pressure on the water supply. Infrastructure developer Clearstone wants to build the campus on fields currently used to grow soft fruits between Southfleet and Northfleet, in the Dartford…