Government defends Data Centre Covenant as essential for economy
2 Nov 3 · 5d ago · 3 articles · 1 post · 2 sources · development 2 of 2
The government responded that data centres were 'essential to Britain's economy' and that the new Data Centre Covenant set clear expectations for developers to pay a fair share of energy system costs and deliver local benefits.
“Government absolutely shouldn't be in the business of just saying anyone who wants to bring it here, can do whatever you like to power it, because that is not acceptable.”
Toby Perkins MP, Chair, Environmental Audit Select Committee · mastodon ↗Toby Perkins MP Chair, Environmental Audit Select Committee
John Healey UK ChancellorNathan McWhinnie Head of market intelligence and oversight, OfgemUK Government Policy maker
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first by BBC, 5d ago · also BBC Science
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- AI data centres could undermine UK's emissions goals BBC Science · 5d ago
- AI data centres could undermine UK's net zero goals Mastodon · 2d ago
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AI is the energy problem and an emissions problem too: AI data centres could undermine UK's emissions goals
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More climate vandalism in the name of # LLM tech: > BBC File on 4 Investigates has discovered that four planned "hyperscale" data centres - including three in the south of England - are already considering using gas-fired power to meet their electricity needs, creating more CO2 than the cities of Manchester, Liverpool and Southampton combined…
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The mental AI Datacenter push isn't, like let's be honest do we really know how much Datacenters for AI is being used for useful stuff for increasing productivity than subsidizing people in India creating islamaphobic GenAI memes to share with their families on WhatsApp? Before anyone says, yes that's because like a majority of ChatGPT users are…
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Data centres do not poison your local environment unless they’re run on generators, which “poisons your local environment” in the same way a petrol station does. There is no actual industrial process occurring inside a data centre, they use water for cooling, usually in a closed or semi-closed loop.
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Revolut are going for Open-Weight AI Models which means the path to profitability is disappearing and the only way to make it is basically hoard memory and other component production.
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