Google developers significantly misstate carbon emissions of proposed UK datacentres

Developers working for Google have significantly misstated how much carbon two proposed AI datacentres will contribute to the UK’s total emissions in planning documents reviewed by the Guardian. These apparent misstatements are another example of a pile-up of faulty calculations surrounding AI development and its environmental footprint in the UK. Last month, the Guardian reported on a large gap between the government’s plan to decarbonise the economy and its roadmap for AI computing.

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