A report by the non-profit organization Foxglove indicates that two planned datacenter projects—Wapseys Wood in Buckinghamshire and Quest Park in Bedfordshire—are expected to have a significant environmental impact. Once fully operational, the facilities are projected to consume 1.3 gigawatts (GW) of power and produce over 4.5 million tonnes of carbon emissions annually.

For comparison, the analysis notes that ExxonMobil’s reported UK emissions for 2023 totaled 3.9 million tonnes. Environmental advocates and experts cited in the report characterize this level of energy consumption as a "serious threat" to the United Kingdom's ability to meet its established climate goals. The findings highlight a growing tension between the increasing demand for digital infrastructure—driven by cloud computing and artificial intelligence—and national commitments to reduce carbon output. While the analysis focuses on the potential scale of these emissions, it does not detail specific mitigation strategies or renewable energy offsets that the developers might implement to lower the carbon footprint of these sites.