The admission comes after MPs said they were concerned about emissions from a boom in data centres. Source link

A very cold start to 2025 and the growing power demands of data centres and cryptocurrencies saw US emissions of planet-warming gases rise for the first time in three ...

sturti / Getty ImagesEight Young Futures Hubs will open by March 2026The government is set to spend £500m on youth services in England, saying the money is needed to ...

The rapid growth of "energy-hungry" data centres is delaying new homes in London, just as its housing crisis is "at its worst", a new report has warned.Data centres are ...

Zoe Kleinman & Krystina ShvedaTechnology editor & BBC reporter•@zskGetty ImagesData centres, like this one Google is building in Hertfordshire, are becoming a more familiar sight across the UKThe number ...

Specialist mental health crisis centres will be opened across England over the next decade in an attempt to reduce crowding in accident and emergency departments (A&E), the NHS has ...

Tom Edgington & Anthony ReubenBBC VerifyGetty ImagesBBC Verify has found that three quarters of the 319 driving test centres across Great Britain have hit the maximum average waiting time ...

Emma WoollacottTechnology reporterIntuitive MachinesData centre firm Lonestar recently sent its test equipment to the Moon on this lunar landerIt sounds like something from a science fiction movie, but Stephen ...

Six Australian universities have quietly closed Chinese government-linked Confucius Institutes (CI) on their campuses.The Australian government has ramped up scrutiny on the education centres in recent years over concerns ...

Alison HoltSocial affairs editorBBCPhil Brown was able to get an ultrasound scan quickly and easily in a Barnsley shopping centre"That was really quick - straight in, straight out," says ...

Data centres in the UK are to be classified as critical national infrastructure, joining the emergency services, finance and healthcare systems, and energy and water supplies.It means they would ...

Funding for mental health wellbeing services in Hampshire is set to be slashed despite charity concerns over the knock-on effects on waiting lists.Hampshire County Council (HCC) has approved a ...