UK government targets ‘zombie’ data centre speculators in sweeping energy grid overhaul
Tougher requirements proposed for applicants, designed to curb ‘speculative activity’ artificially inflating massive power connection demand on the national grid, led by ever-larger data centres.
This article includes:
- Themes: Artificial intelligence (AI); Data centre capacity; Data centre strategy; Electricity grid; Energy connections; Energy infrastructure; Hyperscale facilities; Power connections; Speculative projects; The Great Grid Upgrade; Zombie projects.
- Events: AI Opportunities Action Plan.
- Geographic: Amsterdam; Dublin; Europe; FLAP-D; Frankfurt; Lanarkshire; London; North East England; North Wales; Oxfordshire; Paris; South Wales; United Kingdom (UK).
- Organisations: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT); JLL; National Energy System Operator (NESO); National Grid; Ofgem; Oxford Economics.
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