sign if you're in the #UK & share widely please. #NoMassDataCentres #BoycottGoogle (i know, fuckin hard, right?) save us all 🌍🌎
#Thurrock

https://www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/thurrock-council-stop-google-data-centre/

Thurrock Council - say no to Google's plan for a monster new Data Centre

Google wants to build an enormous new data centre in Essex - emitting 570,000 tonnes of CO2 and concreting a local wildlife site. Tell the local council to refuse planning permission!

Foxglove

sign if you're in the #UK & share widely please. #NoMassDataCentres #BoycottGoogle (i know, fuckin hard, right?) save us all 🌍🌎
#Thurrock

https://www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/thurrock-council-stop-google-data-centre/

Thurrock Council - say no to Google's plan for a monster new Data Centre

Google wants to build an enormous new data centre in Essex - emitting 570,000 tonnes of CO2 and concreting a local wildlife site. Tell the local council to refuse planning permission!

Foxglove

Von @de #EuropeSays:

"#Google kündigt Milliardeninvestition in #Großbritannien an"

Jedoch:
#KI konkurriert mit den Grundbedürfnissen des Menschen #Rechenzentren
#Energie

Von #TheGuardian:
@theguardianrss

"👉#Googles riesiges neues #Rechenzentrum in #Kent wird jährlich 570.000 Tonnen #CO2 ausstoßen👈

Exklusiv: Planungsunterlagen zeigen die Auswirkungen der „#Hyperscale”-Einheit in #Thurrock, während #Großbritannien versucht, seine KI-Kapazitäten auszubauen..."

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

@TheGuardian

#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

Two young women at my work went on a weekend shopping trip from #Suffolk to #Thurrock with their kids - one was driving a petrol VW Polo, the other a diesel SUV (Ford Kuga).

The lass in the diesel car wrong-laned a spiral roundabout coming off #M25 and ended up briefly going into Outer London and entering #ULEZ - she ended up with about £30 in charges but just paid them without whinging and blaming Sadiq Khan etc - there definitely seems to be a gender difference in how folk react to ULEZ (although its also the case folk round here don't always keep up with what is going on in London, a friend didn't realise where the boundary was as until last year he'd never even driven on the M25!)

From 22 April 2025, changes to Thurrock bus services by First #Essex and #Ensignbus will improve connectivity and maintain key #transport links. First Essex’s Service 200 will no longer serve #Orsett but will run hourly (Monday to Saturday) from #Basildon to #Grays via Chadwell St Mary, #Tilbury, and Little #Thurrock, replacing Ensignbus route 66. To ensure continued access for Orsett, Ensignbus Service 88 will extend from Stifford Clays, while First Essex’s Service 201 will also be extended to Orsett, with four journeys each way on weekdays. Ensignbus routes 22, 44, 73, 83, and X80 will also see timetable changes to improve reliability. Passengers are advised to check updated timetables and plan journeys accordingly.
https://www.ensignbus.com/changes.html
Changes

Changes to Bus Services in Thurrock from 22nd April Residents in Thurrock are advised of upcoming changes to local bus services, which will take effect from Tuesday 22nd April . The adjustments aim...

Ensign Bus Company

Apparently this could result in 30% reduction in business for #Felixstowe port, with fewer containers from #Maersk and ships moving to London Gateway Port at #Thurrock #Essex (I wonder if it will lessen the congestion on the #A14 ?)

#Suffolk #Shipping

Fen Lane in North #Ockendon near #Upminster -this point is the most Eastern part of Greater #London - 3,5 km away from the #M25 #motorway (which is not the exact border of Greater London!). Beyond this point you have crossed into #Thurrock #Essex (and are imediately greeted with a sign from the #Police warning that #ANPR cameras are in operation) #UK #Roads #Transport #Geography
I live in Grays Thurrock (it’s on the River Thames to the east of London) and I’ve just managed to tick off an item from my bucket list: I always thought I’d need to travel to Scandiwegia to catch a glimpse of the northern lights! #BucketList #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #Thurrock #Essex #SouthEastEngland