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Anger mounts over environmental cost of Google datacentre in Uruguay
Protesters say recently approved tax-free datacentre will ‘provide nothing except toxic waste and greenhouse gases’
María Selva Ortiz, from Friends of the Earth in Uruguay, said the datacentre would put added pressure on the country’s energy grid, forcing it to rely on fossil fuels more often. She added: “Protests by civil society achieved important changes in the Google project, which was initially going to use large quantities of water.” However, the new plan “has been approved under time pressure,” making it hard to assess its impacts. The spokesperson added: “Once built, the datacentre will operate within the standards approved by the local authorities, and it will be part of Google’s longstanding commitment to sustainability across areas such as accelerating the transition to a net zero future and innovating to run the most efficient infrastructure.”
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