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Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns

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Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out environmental impact assessmentsGoogle has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to do the necessary environmental impact assessments on its construction sites.The planned datacentres in Muhos and Kajanni are part of a €13bn (£11bn) project across multiple

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Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights

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Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a yearDrax’s planned datacentre could produce nearly double the emissions of all flights out of Gatwick airport each year by burning 4.9m tonnes of wood annually, an analysis has shown.Campaigners say this would make it “one of

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Even George Osborne might be a nimby if an AI datacente was built next to his home | Letters

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The quality of life for people living next to one would be destroyed, writes Moira Brewer; plus a letter from Mark DavisSo, George Osborne thinks people who don’t want an AI datacentre on their doorstep are nimbys (OpenAI’s George Osborne says datacentre nimbys holding back Britain, 22 September). He ought to come and visit our

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‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre

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Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlashThe datacentre revolt spreading across the US has reached the rolling hills of north Devon in an uprising against a planned hyperscale AI data campus in the middle of a globally protected landscape.Perched on an inland cliff, the

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Launch of UK’s ‘largest AI supercomputer’ delayed by power supply problems

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Datacentre hailed by government was supposed to start operating next year but may be held back into mid-2030sA huge datacentre project hailed by the UK government will miss its launch date next year and could be delayed into the mid-2030s.The site in Loughton, Essex, was described as the country’s largest AI supercomputer when it was

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Nick Clegg could make £30m windfall from datacentre startup Nscale flotation

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The former UK deputy prime minister is a board member of the UK-based company and owns 917,000 sharesNick Clegg could make approximately $40m (£30m) from the planned float of Nscale as the UK-based datacentre company prepares for a US stock market listing.The former UK deputy prime minister owns more than 917,000 shares in the startup,

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George Osborne says datacentre nimbys holding back Britain

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Former chancellor, now senior figure at OpenAI, says UK needs datacentres to maintain ‘sovereignty’ over AI techUK politics live – latest updatesDatacentre nimbys are holding Britain back, George Osborne has said in reaction to nationwide protests about the giant water-and-energy guzzling structures.The Tory former chancellor is now the head of AI for countries at OpenAI,

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Domestic datacentres: how computer power can help heat your home

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Energy bills are scheduled to rise next month but there are innovative ways to heat your home and save money‘When Giles Gibson turns on the hot tap in his home, the water that comes out of it is not heated by gas but by the tiny datacentre strapped to the tank.Attached to the hot water

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Scotland imposes mandatory environmental assessments on new datacentres

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Government announces before vote on moratorium that any projects above 50MW must submit assessments in planning processLarge-scale datacentres will face mandatory environmental assessments before they can go ahead, the Scottish government has announced, amid growing public concern about the impact of the AI boom.Ahead of a vote on a moratorium on new hyperscale datacentres in

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UK datacentres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector, analysis finds

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Facilities likely to employ 10,400 workers, compared with 40,000 in industry estimates, thinktank saysDatacentres in the UK will create just a quarter of the jobs predicted by the tech sector, while consuming vast amounts of energy, according to new research.Environmental thinktank Verdant predicts that all the datacentres currently planned are likely to directly employ 10,400

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