@news24: The City of Cape Town has approved a series of land-use applications, paving the way for a proposed hyperscale data centre near Cape Town International Airport, despite objections that there was insufficient information about the project’s potential impact on water resources, electricity demand and surrounding communities. The Legal Resources Centre argued against the application because of insufficient information on the project’s likely impact on water, electricity, the environment and surrounding communities. Read the full story via link in bio. #CityofCPT #datacentres #capetownairport #southafrica #news24

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timothywpope
Tim Pope :
Data centres deliver almost zero jobs . As an IT professional who had a career supplying Data Centres with the technology for almost 50 years ! Wake up
2026-07-15 09:29:30
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smvkvde
Msunu ka tyla :
the noise pollution alone is a turn off
2026-07-15 10:57:30
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jonadenefortuin888
jonadenefortuin888🇿🇦✨ :
This is terrible news
2026-07-14 19:31:03
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mamparaa
Pfizer Söze :
Keep voting DA folks
2026-07-14 19:49:17
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i.man.stan
I man Stan :
technology must not be considered above humanity
2026-07-15 13:14:19
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mimifakade
MimiFakade :
A Datacenter! Why! We just came from hectic load shedding and we have droughts all the time. This is silly. Horrible decision by the people running Cape Town.
2026-07-15 04:23:28
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cloudy.lvngs
Kamogelo Kekana :
what about jobs guys?
2026-07-15 08:47:39
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hatshepsut___ma_at_ka_ra
Lai Lai 🍉🇿🇦 :
The DA is damn scummy!!!!
2026-07-14 19:59:59
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erinreactss
Erin Reacts :
Data centres should be in the ocean not on land
2026-07-14 19:53:35
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tigerseyes82
tigerseyes82 :
no data centres. how did the DA allow this without consulting us, the people that live in Cape Town. how do we overturn this
2026-07-15 21:45:12
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pinkybrain4444
pinky :
no to data centres! not on the outskirts either!
2026-07-15 10:27:11
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lance91k
꒒ꋬꂚꏳꏂ 🪬 :
the harm of does to the environment. the DA won't tell you that. but it's already approved. destroy the DA
2026-07-15 02:43:36
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kimssso1
kimy05 :
Yes we don't need this
2026-07-15 19:52:16
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aluta4599
Aluta :
They need to add harm to people who live close to those centre's this is not good. I don't get why capetonians vote DA they only care about rich.
2026-07-15 07:16:00
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trying_with_lulz
Lele Bytes :
!!!!!
2026-07-15 19:56:01
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