The 2022 definition of green datacentres, established before the arrival of ChatGPT, may overlook significant carbon emissions associated with AI developments, warns Action to Protect Rural Scotland. A charity’s recent analysis reveals that Scotland’s government-backed initiative to attract datacentre investments—key to economic growth—could inadvertently ignore a rising environmental cost. These “green datacentres” are central to Scotland’s strategy to draw major AI ventures, aligned with wider UK ambitions.
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