Britain’s data centre pipeline has run into a problem that has little to do with computers. The country has far more demand for electricity connections than the network can accommodate. Ofgem says applications jumped from 41 GW to 125 GW in less than a year, with at least 80 GW of those applications concerning data centres. The regulator now wants projects to back up connection requests with evidence of progress. That could change more than the …
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