The government hit back at the opposition party’s proposal of a “moratorium other than [for] local-scale datacentres for the local community”, saying it “would be a disaster for jobs and national security”.
The Greens’ call for a pause comes amid one of the UK’s worst droughts in years and predictions that datacentres’ electricity use, now standing at about 2.5% of the UK’s supply, will rise fourfold by 2030.
Our energy prices are also already sky high. We don’t need any more scarcity.
What the actual fuck do we need datacentres for this shite? Who is making money from this in the UK? Other than whoever is paid to build these boondoggles, of course. Last I checked AI doesn’t make actual money.
Don’t worry, the datacenters don’t employ anyone, either.