UK’s Drax power plant to host country’s largest AI datacentre under £20bn deal
Britain’s most polluting power plant site, owned by FTSE 250-listed Drax, will be transformed into the nation’s largest AI datacentre. A £20bn deal with infrastructure investors and AI platform Radiant aims to build a datacentre delivering over 1 gigawatt capacity, operational by early 2028, repurposing the legacy energy site for AI infrastructure.
Why it matters
The project reflects the escalating energy demands of AI technologies and the shift in UK industrial sites to support emerging tech infrastructure, despite climate concerns connected to the power plant's emissions.
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