To tackle climate change, the world needs to get to a carbon-neutral economy sooner rather than later. Every source of emissions is under scrutiny–and that includes data centers.
The “not-in-my-backyard” movement (NIMBY) is starting to target data centers. Last year, the Greater London Authority announced that new housing in parts of London may not be possible for up to a decade–and blamed it on the huge electricity demands from data centers stretching the power grid to its limits.
