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Richard Devine

So much for reaching net-zero — Google's proposed AI datacenter emissions are mind-boggling

Aerial view of a data center owned by the US multinational and technology company Google in Santiago on October 9, 2024.

The impact of the rise of AI on the environment is a very real concern, and it's not one that's going away in a hurry. Especially not when Google's planned new datacenter in the UK looks set to emit the same quantity of Carbon Dioxide in a year as hundreds of flights every week would.

It comes via a report from The Guardian, which has seen the plans for the new facility and the very real carbon impact assessment.

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