New UK AI datacentre could cause five times emissions of Birmingham airport
by Robert Booth UK technology editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6XT6N)
Exclusive: emissions from power-hungry warehouses at Lincolnshire facility expected to be 850,000 tonnes a year
A vast new datacentre to feed Britain's rising demand for artificial intelligence could cause more greenhouse gas emissions than five international airports.
Elsham datacentre in Lincolnshire is on course to cost 10bn and its 15 power-hungry computer warehouses are projected to release five times the carbon dioxide of Birmingham airport, including from take-offs and landings.
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