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AI datacentres would contribute to the UK’s total emissions. “Significant community and political pushback starts to occur in nations once their datacentre footprints have reached the 5% consumption level of national grids,” the IDCA
estimate would depend on greater efficiency in AI models and hardware, and faster decarbonisation of the UK’s energy grid. Officials from the DSIT appear to have made the revision, first reported by [Politico