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Drax signs £20bn deal to power UK's largest AI datacentre
Original: UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre By Jillian Ambrose Drax’s FTSE 250 owner str
Drax, owner of the UK's most polluting power plant, has struck a £20bn deal to build infrastructure that could supply the country's largest AI datacentre, in what the company calls the site's 'next chapter'. The plans link Britain's biggest biomass-burning station in North Yorkshire to booming demand for AI computing power, drawing attention given the plant's emissions record.
Why now: The irony of the UK's most polluting power station being repurposed to fuel AI growth makes it a hot topic
Draxthe GuardianJillian AmbroseFTSE 250North Yorkshire
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- UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre By Jillian Ambrose Drax’s FTSE 250 owner strikes £20bn deal to build infrastructure in what it says is site’s ‘next chapter’ https://www. theguardian.com/business/2026/… · guardianfeeds@rssfeed.media · 15
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