TECHNOLOGYJul 29 · 07:42 UTCTHE GUARDIAN WORLDDan Milmo

Datacentre projects could face fees for grid access to ease connection queue, Ofgem says

Energy regulator Ofgem proposes upfront fees or financial security for datacentre projects in Britain to address an electricity grid logjam. Currently, 315 datacentres are queued to connect, representing 73GW of demand, which exceeds the country's 45GW peak energy demand by 30GW.

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