Responsible Data-Centre Siting: Public Value, Community Voice, and Social Legitimacy

The rapid expansion of data centres is generating growing conflict over their purpose, location, environmental impacts, and distribution of benefits and burdens. This project will develop an evidence-based governance framework for responsible data-centre siting, enabling policymakers and public authorities to assess public value, involve communities meaningfully, distribute benefits and burdens more equitably, and build public trust and social legitimacy.