Data Centres , what are those people going to use them for.

Amnesty International has warned that major generative AI systems are being built on vast amounts of personal data scraped from the internet without meaningful consent.

Their report calls this “unlawful by design”: not a small privacy issue, but a system built around mass data extraction.

That matters because the data used to train AI can include far more than public posts. It can involve personal details, images, location trails, health-related searches, financial information, and other sensitive material collected through apps, platforms, brokers, and online services.

At the same time, the data centers powering AI are expanding rapidly, using huge amounts of electricity, water, land, and public subsidy. Communities are carrying the cost, while many people still do not know what personal data has been collected, where it is stored, or how it is being used.

The issue is simple:

Your data should not be taken without consent.
Your community should not pay the price without transparency.
And AI companies should not be allowed to build powerful systems while hiding the human, environmental, and privacy costs.

People are pushing back through privacy laws, deletion requests, court cases, and public pressure. But the first step is awareness.

Ask the companies you use what data they hold about you. Request deletion where possible. Support stronger privacy protections. And demand transparency from the companies building AI in your name.

Question for readers:
Did you know your personal data may have been used to train AI systems? Would you ask a company to delete what it holds about you?

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