Drax plans a £20B AI data centre at Britain’s largest power station
THE SO WHAT
A £20B AI data center co-located with Britain’s largest power station — targeting >1 GW of compute — is the clearest version of the power-plant-plus-racks model. If you’re planning serious AI capacity, you’re now in the energy project business: grid interconnects, generation partnerships, and regulatory optics are part of the architecture.
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