2+ hour, 25+ min ago   (992+ words) Billions of pounds of investment in artificial intelligence data centres could transform the Welsh economy over the next decade, but the rapid expansion is also set to place unprecedented demands on electricity, water supplies and the planning system. Wales is…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (486+ words) Richard Evans, Local Democracy Reporter A town councillor has called for urgent action to improve mobile phone coverage, saying residents, businesses, and visitors continue to face an unreliable signal across the town. But a Senedd Member representing the area now…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (425+ words) Bruce Sinclair, Local Democracy Reporter Plans for six 5G antennas at a west Wales telephone exchange have been refused due to their impact on a conservation area. In an application to Pembrokeshire County Council, Reading-based Cellnex UK, through agent WHP Telecoms…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (488+ words) The European Union has accused Meta of breaching its social media law by designing Facebook and Instagram to get users hooked, and demanded it disable “key addictive features” such as infinite scrolling. The EU’s executive arm issued a fresh set…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (356+ words) Anthony Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter A design and access statement prepared on behalf of Maska Group Limited mentions plans for the 18,220sqm (196,120 sq ft) data centre over two internal floors plus a 2,260-square-metre (24,330 sq ft) three-storey office block. The development also…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (679+ words) Richard Youle, Local Democracy Reporter Data centre companies have expressed interest in a south Wales business park which has struggled to attract tenants for years, a meeting heard. Parc Felindre in Swansea is north of junction 46 of the M4 and has…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (588+ words) A Reddit poll, with participants from across the world, has named a picturesque slate and stone village in Wales ‘the best place on earth’. The poll called for Reddit users to find the last location standing beginning with a world…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (439+ words) Bruce Sinclair Local Democracy Reporter Plans by a Vodafone phone company subsidiary to bring fibreoptic cables across the sea from Ireland to a Pembrokeshire seaside beach village in order to improve broadband coverage have been lodged. In an application to…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (445+ words) A small church in Eryri has gained widespread online attention after emerging as the final location remaining in a month-long online competition involving thousands of Reddit users. St Mary’s Church, Beddgelert, was the last place standing in a challenge hosted…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (372+ words) More than 1.25 million homes and businesses in Wales can now access full fibre broadband through Openreach’s network, although the company says thousands of eligible customers have yet to upgrade. The milestone means around 80% of premises in Wales are now able…...