Environmental pushback grows against slew of ‘hyperscale’ projects across Britain
Environmental pushback grows against slew of ‘hyperscale’ projects across Britain
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Residents have voiced fears about the vast scale of the development, which would use enough energy to power 300,000 homes
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
Requests for gas connections by operators amount to more than 15 terawatt hours per year, endangering climate targets
In this week’s newsletter: from Google to Amazon to OpenAI, the economic and climate cost of datacenters continues to grow
Slough's gigawatt-scale data centre hub – home to Equinix, Digital Realty, Amazon, Google & Microsoft – is under scrutiny for its…
