Stop Dirty Data Centres - Panel & Assembly

As part of the Stop Dirty Data Centres international days of action on 6-7 November 2026 across Europe, this panel and assembly will challenge the unchecked expansion of data centres and AI hyperscalers across the UK. The panel will consist of short presentations from researchers at Goldsmiths and King's, focusing on community opposition to data centres in London, how data centres are embedded within wider financial and investment structures, as well as everyday resistance to the wider AI ecosystem. Following this, we will open up for an assembly discussion on the wider implications of data centre buildup across the UK and Europe, and what forms of collective action are possible to exercise our democratic rights.

Speakers

Dan McQuillan (facilitator) is a lecturer in Critical AI and the author of 'Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence'. Links to his work can be found at danmcquillan.org.

Gavin Duffy is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in AI Justice at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is interested in the way AI impacts everyday life, currently focused on localised data centre resistance.

Dylan Orchard is a PhD candidate at King's College London focusing on everyday resistance to AI. He also writes on critical AI issues at SayYesDoNo.com.

Chiara Haefliger is a PhD researcher at Goldsmiths, University of London, investigating the financialisation of data centre infrastructure across the UK.

--

The Stop Dirty Data Centres campaign is part of wider petition by Global Action Plan for a moratorium on large data centres in the UK.

For more information on events taking place across Europe on 6-7 November 2026, visit: https://stopdirtydatacentres.eu. You can also sign the petition to Stop Dirty Data Centres in the UK here.

Please get in touch if you have any accessibility requirements on the evening, to make sure we can accommodate your needs.