JuneSim63 💚13h ago

"Britain’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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Show threadgentlegardener7h ago
@junesim63 take a page from #virginia. #ai #datacentres and do not give up local control for wannabe capitalists #labourparty national sellouts
Show threadgentlegardener
@junesim63 as in - learn from our mistakes. hard to do when you have 70% market share of global data traffic but we are learning now in #virginia we have reached #peakdata
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