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- Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions
UK officials underestimated AI datacentres' carbon emissions by over 100 times, with revised estimates projecting 123 million tonnes of CO₂ over the next decade. This energy-intensive growth raises concerns about worsening the climate emergency.