Will Britain’s AI revolution affect its net zero aims?
Monday 10 Mar 2025

Britain’s AI expansion plans may strain the electricity grid and challenge net zero goals. AI data centres require huge amounts of power to run. A ChatGPT query, for example, uses 10 times more energy than does a Google search.
Sugandha Srivastav, lecturer at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment comments on an article in Reuters here
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