Jon PENNYCOOKJan 13, 2025
'Water shortage fears as Labour’s first AI growth zone sited close to new reservoir'
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/13/labour-ai-datacentre-growth-zone-water-shortages-abingdon-reservoir
'The first of these will be in Culham, Oxfordshire, just seven miles from a reservoir planned by Thames Water in Abingdon, which was supposed to provide water to people in the severely water-stressed south-east of England. This is the area of the country most at risk of running out of water, according to the Environment Agency.'
#UK #technology #AI #water #environment #Culham #ThamesWater
Water shortage fears as Labour’s first AI growth zone sited close to new reservoir

First datacentre site proposed seven miles from Abingdon reservoir planned for water-stressed south-east England

The Guardian
Jon PENNYCOOKNov 5, 2023

'ENG8 says it can generate five times as much power as it puts into its fusion energy process.'

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/fusion-energy-company-claims-milestone

'ENG8, a #fusion #energy company based in #Gibraltar, has claimed to have consistently obtained a five-time energy gain from its experiments. The company's claims were validated at the #Culham Innovation Centre in Oxfordshire, one of the leading fusion centers under the UK Atomic Energy Authority, the company press release said.'

#NuclearFusion #physics

Startup using water as nuclear fuel claims net energy gain milestone

Achieving energy gain in fusion has been extremely difficult but Gibraltar based company is claiming runaway success with its new approach.

Interesting Engineering
Paul Flo WilliamsJun 3, 2023
In 1988, I was working a student placement at #UKAEA #Culham Labs when the government decided to stop funding #HOTOL, the British spaceplane project so, like a cheeky monkey, I plastered the site with sponsorship forms because the inventor, Alan Bond, worked for UKAEA. 1/3
Paul Flo WilliamsApr 24, 2023
Today, I am remembering Tim Field, my mentor and fellow alumnus of North Staffs, who should have been 71 today. I worked at #Culham Labs from 1987-8 for my degree’s industrial placement, with Tim as my boss.
He was one of the most energetic people I have ever met. He was also thoughtful, positive and unfailingly kind. In my year at Culham, I had the opportunity to use the fastest computers in the country (two Crays at Harwell) as well as computers in Australia, before the Web existed.