{"id":191813,"date":"2026-03-01T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/datacentre-developers-face-calls-to-disclose-effect-on-uks-net-emissions-ai-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T11:10:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:10:25","slug":"datacentre-developers-face-calls-to-disclose-effect-on-uks-net-emissions-ai-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/datacentre-developers-face-calls-to-disclose-effect-on-uks-net-emissions-ai-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Datacentre developers face calls to disclose effect on UK\u2019s net emissions | AI (artificial intelligence)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/01\/datacentre-developers-energy-greenhouse-gas-emissions\">Datacentre developers face calls to disclose effect on UK\u2019s net emissions | AI (artificial intelligence)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/01\/datacentre-developers-energy-greenhouse-gas-emissions\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/01\/datacentre-developers-energy-greenhouse-gas-emissions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-01 11:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theguardian.com\">www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Campaigners urge datacentre developers to ensure their projects do not increase the UK&#8217;s overall CO2 emissions and address local water scarcity, in line with new national policy statements on datacentres.<\/li>\n<li>Concerns are raised that new AI infrastructure could double national electricity demand and pose a serious threat to decarbonising the electricity grid.<\/li>\n<li>Campaign groups, including Foxglove and Friends of the Earth, warn that failure to mitigate the electricity use of new datacentres could lead to 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