The UK government significantly underestimated the carbon emissions impact of AI datacentres.

Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/24/officials-hugely-underestimated-impact-of-ai-datacentres-on-uk-carbon-emissions Revised figures increase fears about energy-intensive datacentres worsening climate emergency

🤖 Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions Revised figures increase fears about how the energy-intensive sites could worsen the climate emergency The UK government vastly underestimated the climate impact of artificial intelligence, it has ... 📰 Source: AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian 🔗 Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/24/officials-hugely-underestimated-impact-of-ai-datacentres-on-uk-carbon-emissions #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/24/officials-hugely-underestimated-impact-of-ai-datacentres-on-uk-carbon-emissions #AiArtificialIntelligence #ClimateCrisis #UkNews #Politics #Computing #Technology #Environment

And this seems…uh, notable. “officials raised their estimate of carbon emissions from AI by a factor of more than 100” oops https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/24/officials-hugely-underestimated-impact-of-ai-datacentres-on-uk-carbon-emissions