UK departments at odds over energy demands of AI datacentres
2026-04-26 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
UK government departments can't even agree on how much energy AI datacentres will guzzle, with wildly different forecasts undermining the country's net zero plans. Turns out wanting to be an 'AI superpower' and a green energy leader at the same time requires someone to actually do the math. Officials hugely underestimated the impact, because why plan ahead when you can just wing it?