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New datacentres risk doubling UK electricity use, regulator says

Economic EN 23 Feb 2026, 17:58 Source: The Guardian

Ofgem says about 140 proposed projects, driven by AI use, could require more power than current peak demandThe amount of power being sought by new datacentre projects in the UK would exceed the countryโ€™s current peak electricity consumption, according to an industry watchdog.Ofge...

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