Will Britain’s AI revolution affect its net zero aims?

Monday 10 Mar 2025
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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