Technology · 10 May 2026

Google understated UK datacentre emissions by five times

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Proposed UK datacentres will contribute more carbon than initially reported, impacting the country's carbon budget. Google developers misstated emissions in planning documents for two Essex projects, a mistake also made by Greystoke. They understated figures by a factor of five, comparing one year of emissions to the UK’s five-year carbon budget.

By BriefTea Editorial · 10 May 2026 at 23:57

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