"Britainโ€™s national grid, already under pressure over soaring demand, is facing a new challenge: AI data centres have been given government authority to jump the queue for scarce power connections, ahead of housing development"

#Housing #AI #NationalGrid #UKPolitics #Energy

The UK tech energy grab: how AI data centres are delaying the building of new homes
https://www.thenerve.news/p/ai-data-centres-electricity-grid-housing-new-homes-energy-delay

The UK tech energy grab: how AI data centres are delaying the building of homes

Artificial intelligence infrastructure is being handed priority access to Britain's overwhelmed electricity grid, pushing housing down the list. But as the US shows, there's an alternative: make Big Tech pay for the power it needs. Report by Nicole Kobie

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@junesim63

With solar panels, wind turbines, and battery storage, the government could legislate on any new data centre being self-powered.

Site any new data centre near the coast with a desalination plant and mandate that theyโ€™re self-sufficient for water too.

Competition for limited resources solved!

@TCMuffin

Simple, but this government is in the pockets of the techbros, so no, they won't.

@junesim63

Sadly true ๐Ÿคฆ