Aerial view of the construction site for the proposed datacentre at Wapseys Wood in Buckinghamshire. Photograph: sdcm40campus
[Guardian] Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
The carbon emissions from just two planned datacentres in England will exceed all of the fossil fuel company ExxonMobil’s UK emissions, analysis has revealed.
Experts have said this demonstrates the “serious threat” datacentres pose to the UK’s legally binding climate goals.
Analysis by the non-profit group Foxglove reveals that when fully operational, the Wapseys Wood datacentre in Buckinghamshire and the Quest Park datacentre in Bedfordshire will use 1.3GW of power and will produce more than 4.5m tonnes of carbon emissions.
ExxonMobil emitted 3.9m tonnes in 2023, according to the global energy thinktank Ember.
AI datacentres use a massive amount of electricity to power servers and cooling equipment, and to run facility systems. There are currently 315 datacentres in the queue to connect to the UK’s electricity grid, representing 73GW of demand. This is almost double the peak winter energy demand for the entire UK.
Because of the long wait to connect to the grid, the Wapseys Wood and Quest Park datacentres are seeking to build their own on-site gas-fired power stations.
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US President Donald Trump holds a press conference at the White House in Washington, DC on April 25, 2026.[Celal Güneş – Anadolu Agency]
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that millions of barrels of oil are continuing to pass through the Strait of Hormuz despite tensions with Iran, Anadolu reports.
“The strait is open. The Strait of Hormuz is open. We have control, and we have the blockade,” Trump said in remarks at the White House.
“We’re taking a lot of boats,” he added. “Millions and millions of barrels of oil are coming out of the strait every day.”
Trump said US forces had cleared the waterway of mines and were closely monitoring maritime activity.
“We have the best minesweepers in the world. They’re underwater minesweepers, and we’ve totally cleared the strait of mines,” he said.
He claimed US forces were able to detect vessels attempting to lay mines and respond immediately.
“We see every inch of the strait, and any boat goes in with a mine. We see it, and we take it out. We’ve taken out two of them,” Trump said.
Trump said the US had recently escorted vessels through the strait, saying: “Last night, we took 24 boats through the strait. We’re taking them through all the time.”
He asserted that Iran was unable to move goods through the waterway under the US blockade, saying: “Iran’s not getting anything. Nothing is going through. Not one ship has gotten.”
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Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei. [Iranian Presidency – Anadolu Agency]
The US must take practical steps to meet Iran’s conditions before Tehran reopens the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said Thursday.
“The US must first take practical measures toward fulfilling Iran’s conditions, after which Iran will move to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,” Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency quoted Rezaei as saying.
His remarks came during a meeting with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Tehran.
Rezaei said Iran distrusts Washington, accusing it of repeatedly betraying diplomacy and negotiations.
He warned that if the US launches any “hostile action” against Iran, Tehran would inflict damage on American military and economic interests “that will be recorded in history.”
The Qatari Foreign Ministry said the meeting addressed regional developments, the repercussions of the escalation and regional and international efforts to reduce tensions and strengthen security and stability.
Sheikh Mohammed stressed the importance of exercising “wisdom and responsibility” in addressing the current crisis to preserve the region’s security and stability, the ministry said.
The visit to Tehran by Sheikh Mohammed, who is also Qatar’s foreign minister, came as Doha continued efforts to de-escalate tensions between Iran and the US.
The visit marks the Qatari foreign minister’s first trip to Iran since the conflict began with US and Israeli strikes in late February.
The US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding in June following mediation by Pakistan and Qatar, but its implementation has stalled amid differences over navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, through which about one-fifth of global oil supplies flowed before the war.
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Labour MPs have urged Andy Burnham to strengthen ‘timid’ elections bill with amendments. Photograph: Richard Pohle/AFP/Getty
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
Andy Burnham has dropped his support for capping political donations, causing anger among activists and Labour MPs who have long campaigned for change to the way parties are funded.
The prime minister has decided not to back amendments to the elections bill, which would cap the amount a person or an organisation can give in a single donation, according to government sources.
The decision comes after a lobbying campaign from Labour’s trade union backers, who said amendments to the bill, which returns to parliament for its remaining stages next week, could undermine their ability to donate to the party. It is also a retreat from the support Burnham gave to the idea just a few weeks ago, when he emailed a campaigner for electoral reform to say he would support a donations cap of £500,000.
Stella Creasy, one of the Labour backbenchers who has tabled an amendment calling for a donations cap, said: “Millionaires are increasingly treating British politics as their plaything – splashing the cash to get the outcome they want and the next election as their cup final.
“The public won’t forgive us if we miss this chance to clean up Westminster because we are squabbling with each other.”
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“I CAN’T control wars in the Middle East that we weren’t a part of, which impact families here,” explains Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh.
She was trying to abdicate any government responsibility for the latest hike in household energy bills announced today by Ofgem regulators. From October, the price cap on gas and electricity units is to be raised by 4 per cent. This comes on top of the 13 per cent increase imposed for the current July-October term.
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Fahnbulleh’s blatant lie is that Britain is not complicit in Middle East wars, which — among other consequences — have driven up international oil and gas prices.
British military bases in England, Cyprus and Diego Garcia have been used by US air and naval forces to attack Iran and Yemen. RAF fighter jets have carried out hundreds of surveillance missions over Gaza, Lebanon, Iran and Yemen. They also shot down Iranian drones aimed at US, British and other military targets in Israel, Iraq, Jordan and Syria.
Britain continues to export military components to equip Israel’s genocidal war machine, many of them trafficked through Israeli firms and agents here with little or no regulation (see this week’s Private Eye for details). Hundreds of British residents have participated in the slaughter of Palestinian civilians, enrolling in the IDF with an impunity refused to British volunteers joining pro-Russian militias in Ukraine.
Then we come to the Energy Secretary’s unacceptable truth.
Energy price rises have hit millions of consumers not only financially, but also in terms of their quality of life, health and well-being.
That’s something she and her government can control, if they have the will.
They could disband the farce that is Ofgem, freeze energy prices — already among the highest in Europe — and tax monopoly profits (£70 billion to shareholders since 2010). Then, go on the offensive and take the whole energy sector back into public ownership. Use surplus revenues to invest in solar, tidal and wind power.
This would force Reform UK and the Tories to defend the privatisation and profiteering rackets.
Should weak-kneed Labour MPs baulk at the prospect of such a struggle, Burnham could deliver the appropriate riposte: “Back me or sack yourselves at the next general election.”
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