The UK Power Grid Has a Phantom Data Center Problem
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The UK’s energy regulator is using a variety of tricks to keep speculative data center projects from plugging into the power grid. The country’s AI ambitions hang in the balance.
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- 2026-08-27 06:00 · Wired AI
The UK Power Grid Has a Phantom Data Center Problem