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Jul 8, 2026

Proposed London datacentres face opposition over carbon emissions and land use

Multiple datacentre projects in London are drawing criticism, including a hyperscale facility in Charlton that would generate over 1 million tonnes of CO2 annually and a Brick Lane site residents say should be used for housing instead of high-frequency trading servers.

Jul 8, 2026·3 sources
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  • ▪Oliver Hayes of the campaign group Global Action Plan called for a moratorium on new AI datacentres until ministers demonstrate how many are needed and where.
  • ▪The proposed East Havering Data Centre Campus would occupy 218 hectares of green belt land in North Ockendon to run servers and data storage systems.
  • ▪A London Assembly report found that the rapid spread of datacentres delays housing development because the electricity grid cannot power both simultaneously.

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