Drax Datacentre Emissions Could Double Gatwick Flights — SkimNews
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- Drax's planned North Yorkshire datacentre would need to burn 4.9 million tonnes of wood annually, according to an analysis by a campaign group.
- The analysis found the project's emissions would reach nearly double those produced by all flights out of Gatwick airport over a year.
Why it matters: Drax has pitched its datacentre expansion as part of the UK's AI infrastructure buildout, but the campaign group's finding — 4.9m tonnes of wood burned yearly at one facility — puts the biomass-powered datacentre on par with, or above, a major international airport's annual flight emissions, intensifying scrutiny over whether the project aligns with UK climate commitments.
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