UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre
TL;DR
Drax’s FTSE 250 owner strikes £20bn deal to build infrastructure in what it says is site’s ‘next chapter’ Business live – latest updates Britain’s most polluting power plant could soon power the country’s largest datacentre under a £20bn deal to build AI infrastructure on the site of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire. The power plant’s FTSE 250 owner has struck a deal with the infrastructure investor Brookfield and and the AI infrastructure platform Radiant to develop a datacentre with an eventual capacity of more than 1 gigawatt that could begin operations by early 2028. Continue reading...
Nauti's Take
The practical signal for small teams is the shift in infrastructure constraints: AI workloads will increasingly depend on power availability, cooling, and grid access. Anyone running models or agents should verify infrastructure costs and data residency before scaling.
With one outlet reporting the deal, the 2028 launch target remains an announcement rather than a confirmed milestone.
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