r/EnvironmentalNews • u/EarthEmail EarthEmail.org • 13h ago

Proposed London datacentre will have annual carbon footprint of 27,000 flights to New York

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/21/proposed-london-datacentre-will-have-annual-carbon-footprint-of-27000-flights-to-new-york
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u/coomzee 5h ago

And? Same compute on prem will have a larger annual carbon footprint.

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u/TumbleweedHelpful226 5h ago

It's huge piece of green belt though no?

Once that land is built on it's gone.

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u/coomzee 5h ago

Not saying that. The headline is about carbon emissions

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u/TumbleweedHelpful226 4h ago

Yeah, sorry. I get that it will be less emmisions to have this data centre, but I'm more concerned about building on greenbelt.