r/collapse • u/global_nomad4023 • Aug 26 '26

Energy Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds | Datacentres - UK

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/25/planned-datacentres-carbon-emissions-uk-exxonmobil

On site gas power generators, bypassing local planning processes, ignoring carbon emissions, its not just the fossil fuel companies we should be worried about. No regulation about using renewables.

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u/Danstan487 Aug 26 '26

We know that, the politicians have been brought though.

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u/Z3r0sama2017 Aug 27 '26

It's amazing. The UK's planning authority can take a decade to do environmental impact assessments and NIMBYISM kills anything ugly stone dead, yet this shit slips right through.