""adding significantly to our carbon emissions," said Foxglove's Big tech datacentres: A threat to UK decarbonisation report. "Developers' own figures indicate that just ten of the largest datacentres in planning or construction will cause annual emissions equivalent to 2,745,538 tonnes of CO 2," the report continued. "[And] a 2.7 metric tonne increase in annual emissions from datacentres would effectively wipe out the carbon savings expected in 2025 from the switch to electric cars (2.9 metric tonnes).""
""The report's creation was prompted by a concern about the lack of "detailed estimates" available regarding the impact the inevitable uptick in electricity demand from the UK's growing datacentre footprint will have on the nation. According to Foxglove, when it sought to get some clarity on this front, the information available was "flawed, incomplete or inconsistent" and "entirely sourced from datacentre developers", leading to concerns about bias.""
Foxglove urges government scrutiny of the environmental impact from the expanding UK datacentre footprint and is overseeing the first legal challenge against a hyperscale build. Research claims ten new large datacentres could negate the 2.9 metric tonnes of carbon savings attributed to electric vehicle adoption, with developers' figures estimating annual emissions of 2,745,538 tonnes of CO 2 from ten largest sites. A 2.7 metric tonne increase in annual emissions from datacentres would erase EV savings expected in 2025. Available data on electricity-demand impacts is described as flawed, incomplete, developer-sourced and potentially biased, while over 100 datacentres are in planning or construction.
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