Almost 23 miles away, behind the locked gates of Windsor Castle, Trump’s second state visit has been happening mostly in private. Protesters WIRED spoke with were concerned and angry about the AI deal announced this week between the US and the UK, which will involve big tech companies Nvidia and Microsoft investing up to $45 billion into scaling up data centers, supercomputers, and AI R&D. Several protesters pointed out that the fine print of the deal—and how the tech companies involved will benefit from it—has not been made public. Critics of the UK’s AI plan claim that data centers already guzzle up too much power and water and are being erected across the UK despite local opposition. And in the wake of the deals with US giants being announced, protesters were also questioning claims that they will help the UK create sovereign AI or more jobs.