More than 100 UK datacentres plan to burn gas to generate electricity
๐ฐ The Guardian ยท ๐ May 18, 2026, 04:00 AM ยท ๐ theguardian.com
Requests for gas connections by operators amount to more than 15 terawatt hours per year, endangering climate targetsMore than 100 new datacentres in the UK plan to burn gas to generate electricity, some potentially doing so permanently.British officials say this is an inevitable consequence of a ye