{
  "id": 4708076,
  "title": "How to tackle the climate impact of datacentres | Letters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/how-to-tackle-the-climate-impact-of-datacentres-letters",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-31T16:10:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/31/how-to-tackle-the-climate-impact-of-datacentres"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Datacentres should generate their own power and control their emissions, writes Richard Lamming , while Michael McClelland says we should reduce our digital communication. Plus a letter from Malcolm Fraser The case of future datacentres demanding more electricity than the entire United Kingdom ( Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds, 25…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}