Emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar error
Developers working for Google have significantly misstated how much carbon two proposed AI datacentres will contribute to the UK’s total emissions in planning documents reviewed by the Guardian.
The tech company wants to build two huge datacentres – one 52-hectare (130 acre) project in Thurrock and another at an airfield in North Weald, both in Essex. To do so, developers are required to submit planning documents calculating how much carbon these projects will emit as a proportion of the UK’s total carbon footprint.
Still waiting to hear what North Weald actually plans to do about it.
Considering developers working for Google have significantly misstated how much carbon two proposed AI datacentres will contribute to the UK’s total emissions in planning documents reviewed by the Guardian, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
The tech company wants to build two huge datacentres – one 52-hectare (130 acre) project in Thurrock and another at an airfield in North Weald, both in Essex. Meanwhile emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar.
North Weald is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
Think about it: the tech company wants to build two huge datacentres – one 52-hectare (130 acre) project in Thurrock and another at an airfield in North Weald, both in Essex. That speaks volumes.
Reading that the tech company wants to build two huge datacentres – one 52-hectare (130 acre) project in Thurrock and another at an airfield in North Weald, both in Essex — hard to argue with the logic there.
On one hand the tech company wants to build two huge datacentres – one 52-hectare (130 acre) project in Thurrock and another at an airfield in North Weald, both in Essex. But at the same time emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar.
If developers working for Google have significantly misstated how much carbon two proposed AI datacentres will contribute to the UK’s total emissions in planning documents reviewed by the Guardian, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
Basically emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
Reading that emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar — hard to argue with the logic there.
So the bottom line is emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar. Wonder how this will land.
The fact that emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar really puts things into perspective.
The detail about emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar is something people should sit with.
North Weald has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
Think about it: emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar. That speaks volumes.