New datacentres risk doubling UK electricity use, regulator says
1 day ago · New datacentres risk doubling Great Britain’s electricity use, regulator says Ofgem says about 140 proposed projects, driven by AI use, could require more power than current peak demand
New datacentres risk doubling Great Britain’s electricity use ...
2 days ago · News in cooperation with eceee.org New datacentres risk doubling Great Britain’s electricity use, regulator says (The Guardian, 23 Feb 2026) Ofgem says about 140 proposed …
AI data centres risk doubling Britain’s energy use and ...
1 day ago · The data centres being built to power Labour’s AI ambitions will use more electricity than the rest of the country put together, the energy regulator has admitted.
AI Data Centres Risk Overwhelming UK’s Power Grid
The UK’s energy regulator, Ofgem, has raised concerns over the potential impact of planned AI-driven data centres on the nation’s electricity consumption. Approximately 140 proposed data centre …
New datacentres 'risk doubling national peak power demands'
1 day ago · The Guardian New datacentres 'risk doubling national peak power demands' The amount of electricity being sought for new datacentre schemes could exceed Great Britain’s current peak …
Fears grow over surge in electricity demand from data centres
The energy regulator is scrambling to deal with a flood of requests from data centre developers to connect to Britain’s electricity grid amid fears that viable projects will be thwarted by speculative …
Power and planning constraints threaten data centre growth
Jan 10, 2025 · There is growing concern that the UK could fail to keep up with demand for new data centres amid the AI boom, with a survey of over 3,000 data centre professionals noting the lack of …