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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Pippa Neill Environment reporter

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Two planned datacentres will have higher uk carbon emissions than exxonmobil analysis finds | History Defined

Aerial view of a datacentre campus construction site amid green fields and trees
Aerial view of the construction site for the proposed datacentre at Wapseys Wood in Buckinghamshire. Photograph: sdcm40campus

The carbon emissions from just two planned datacentres in England will exceed all of the fossil fuel company ExxonMobil’s UK emissions, analysis has revealed.

Experts have said this demonstrates the “serious threat” datacentres pose to the UK’s legally binding climate goals.

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