Stop the Monster: Young voices sing out against Devon data centre plan
Young singers have teamed up with local musician Becki Driscoll to write a catchy protest song which makes its live premiere in Torrington on Saturday
Children in Torrington have released their own protest song against the data centre ‘monster’ proposed for land overlooking the town.
There will be a live premiere of ‘Stop the Monster’ at the parish church of St Michael and All Angels this Saturday (November 7) at 12noon, plus the video can be viewed on YouTube.
For months the young girls behind the song have watched their parents and the community campaign against the Xlinks proposal for a huge Devon Data Centre of AI servers plus a battery energy storage system (BESS) on land fairly close to Torrington.
The idea to write and record Stop The Monster came from two young singers, Mara and Jas, who approached well-known local musician Becki Driscoll to ask her to help them.
The trio composed a song expressing their fears about the impact the proposed AI data centre will have on all those who live in and near the town and further afield.
The protest song was recorded in October at the Climate Changing Room in Torrington with a group of children and young people who also wanted to give their voices to this campaign.
The video shows them in a natural setting, interspersed with a child’s drawn illustrations of the ‘monster’ and the damage and disruption they fear it will cause to the environment and those living in the area.
Watch the video:
Saturday’s public debut of Stop the Monster will take place during a wider day of global action as part of an international Stop Dirty Data Centres campaign. It is calling for an immediate moratorium on the unchecked expansion of energy and water intensive AI and hyperscale data centres.
Renowned storyteller Michael O’Leary is supporting the event, giving a special live performance for children and families at 1pm, with all welcome to go along.