UK Rejects Green Party Call to Pause AI Datacentre Construction

Labour rejected Green leader Zack Polanski's moratorium call on AI datacentre construction, with a government spokesperson warning a pause "would be a disaster for jobs and national security" and leave Britain dependent on overseas computing for sensitive health and defence data. The clash comes amid one of the UK's worst droughts. Datacentres use 2.5% of national electricity, projected to quadruple by 2030.