Emerging Risks

AI’s energy appetite and job fears will ignite protest risk in 2026, Beazley warns

By Harry McNeil 2025-12-19T17:31:00

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’We predict 2026, there will be some sort of physical protest against data centres and what they represent in terms of unwanted energy demand,’ says chief executive

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