Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds | Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/25/planned-datacentres-carbon-emissions-uk-exxonmobil
3 Comments
Mihies@programming.dev · 3 pts · 20d
By using beautiful clean coal?
Also this is a nice chance for all seeing renewable energy as reality today (not nuclear) to show us.
alsje@mstdn.social · 3 pts · 20d
@silence7
Big Tech from America ruins our landscapes! And makes global warmth even higher!
Landowners/communities are the only people that can stop it!
Not selling out their land means no New Datacentre!
mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 19d
How is it that we're missing our carbon targets? I guess we'll never know.