Google’s huge new Essex datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year
by Robert Booth UK technology editor from on (#701RJ)
Exclusive: Planning documents show impact of Thurrock hyperscale' unit as UK attempts to ramp up AI capacity
A new Google datacentre in Essex is expected to emit more than half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to about 500 short-haul flights a week, planning documents show.
Spread across 52 hectares (128 acres), the Thurrock hyperscale datacentre" will be part of a wave of mammoth computer and AI power houses if it secures planning consent.
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