Campaigners say campus near Scunthorpe could generate emissions close to those from all UK domestic flights
Plans for a new datacentre in Lincolnshire have been approved, despite warnings it could be a major new source of emissions.
On Wednesday, North Lincolnshire council voted unanimously to approve planning permission for the Elsham Tech Park, a proposed AI datacentre campus near Scunthorpe, next to the Elsham Wolds industrial estate.
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March 13, 2026 | News Editor
Hundreds of jobs and billions of pounds of investment could be on the way to North Lincolnshire after councillors approved plans for a major artificial intelligence data centre campus near Elsham.
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March 12, 2026 | News Editor
Concerns are raised over the water supply and flood risks created by the Elsham Wolds project.
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Exclusive: emissions from power-hungry warehouses at Lincolnshire facility expected to be 850,000 tonnes a year
A vast new datacentre to feed Britain’s rising demand for artificial intelligence could cause more greenhouse gas emissions than five international airports.
Elsham datacentre in Lincolnshire is on course to cost £10bn and its 15 power-hungry computer warehouses are projected to release five times the carbon dioxide of Birmingham airport, including from take-offs and landings.
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