http://tech.newstatesman.com/business/apple-scraps-plans-700m-irish-data-centre

Apple has scrapped plans to build a £700m data centre in Ireland after local conservationists forced the tech giant to put the project on pause for three years.

The iPhone-maker unveiled plans in 2015 to build a data centre in the west Ireland, but appeals “chiefly from two individuals” prolonged the planning process, Reuters reported. The individuals were conservationists hoping to preserve a nearby forest, the Guardian reported.