Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Sep 15, 2025

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#AI's competition for human's basic needs #Datacenters
#Energy

👉 #Google’s huge new #Kent #datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of #CO2 a year👈
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#GoogleMEWS #AlphabetMEWS #TechnologyMEWS #TechnologySectorMEWS #BusinessMEWS #GreenhouseGasEmissionsMEWS #EnvironmentMEWS #UkNewsMEWS
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Exclusive: Planning documents show impact of #Thurrock ‘#hyperscale’ unit as #UK attempts to ramp up AI capacity...

#DataCenters

#EnergyCrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/15/google-datacentre-kent-co2-thurrock-uk-ai

Google’s huge new Essex datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year

Exclusive: Planning documents show impact of Thurrock ‘hyperscale’ unit as UK attempts to ramp up AI capacity

The Guardian
The Guardian MEWS 📰Jan 21, 2023

The giant Brexit border control site now used to inspect Ukrainian pets
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#BrexitMEWS #TradePolicyMEWS #InternationalTradeMEWS #KentMEWS #EuropeanUnionMEWS #PoliticsMEWS #UkNewsMEWS #BusinessMEWS
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The customs inspection site at Sevington in Kent has space for 1,700 lorries, but lies largely desertedIt is built on a vast 230-acre site, with a total cost put at more than ...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/21/giant-brexit-border-control-site-sevington-kent-ukrainian-pets

‘It’s a farce’: the giant Brexit border control site now used to inspect Ukrainian pets

The customs inspection site at Sevington in Kent has space for 1,700 lorries, but lies largely deserted

The Guardian