The UK Power Grid Has a Phantom Data Center Problem

The UK’s energy regulator is using a variety of tricks to keep speculative data center projects from plugging into the power grid. The country’s AI ambitions hang in the balance.

Source: WIRED27 August 2026 at 11:30 am ISTrss

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