Revealed: New UK Datacentre’s Massive Carbon Footprint

With the record heatwaves subsiding & El Nino on its way, Havering council decides this is the perfect moment to announce the UK’s largest datacentre build.  Plus: We interview the authors of a new book on Israel’s lobby, and Greenpeace send a scorched earth message to Andy Burnham. With Steven Methven, NoJusticeMTG, E

Exclusive: Planning documents show annual emissions from North Ockendon project would be equivalent to 8,480 flights to New York A “hyperscale” datacentre in outer London would generate more than 1m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to the carbon footprint of 8,480 flights from London to New York, planning do