General · 21 August 2026

Proposed London datacentre could emit 1.2m tonnes of carbon a year

Planning documents show a massive new London datacentre would create carbon emissions equal to 27,000 flights to New York annually. The East Havering Data Centre Campus would use 218 hectares of green belt land to power AI and cloud computing, consuming electricity similar to over 1 million homes. Its developer, Digital Reef, admits the £14.7 billion project won't meet net zero targets by 2050.

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