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Miliband says climate impact of data centres is uncertain

MPs investigate how data centres' rising electricity needs, driven by AI investment, could affect the UK's legally mandated net-zero emissions by 2050, with 140 centres proposed.

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Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has said the impact of the rapid expansion of data centres on the UK's efforts to lower carbon emissions to net zero is "inherently uncertain". Miliband made the comment in a letter to MPs who had expressed concerns about data centres not being mentioned in the government's plans to deliver net zero.

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Ed Miliband says climate impact of data centres is uncertain

The admission comes after MPs said they were concerned about emissions from a boom in data centres.

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MPs to examine climate impact of data centres

UK: MPs have launched an inquiry into the environmental impacts of data centres in the UK, with energy secretary Ed Miliband claiming that their future energy demand “remains inherently uncertain”....Read More...

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