Environmental pushback grows against slew of ‘hyperscale’ projects across Britain
Environmental pushback grows against slew of ‘hyperscale’ projects across Britain
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Campaign groups write to technology secretary amid concerns that sites could double overall electricity demand
Data centres’ growing reliance on the power source threatens 2030 clean electricity goal
In this week’s newsletter: from Google to Amazon to OpenAI, the economic and climate cost of datacenters continues to grow
Drax to focus on powering AI in effort to keep Yorkshire timber-fired generator open
Industry body says energy consumption driven by AI up 15% globally in two years as it warns of societal backlash
Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates
