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Data dive: Datacentre electricity – how much, where, why regions matter

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<p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Data-centre-capacity-planning">The UK’s datacentres</a> used 1.8% of all Great Britain’s grid electricity in 2024. That proportion had increased from 1.2% in 2020. That electricity draw was heavily concentrated, with Slough and Hillingdon together drawing nearly three times that of the North, Midlands, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366650553/MSPs-reject-datacentre-moratorium-but-pause-planning-decisions">Scotland</a>, the South West and Wales combined.</p> <p>Meanwhile, as computing got more intensive alongside the rise of…

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    Data dive: Datacentre electricity – how much, where, why regions matter

    <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Data-centre-capacity-planning">The UK’s datacentres</a> used 1.8% of all Great Britain’s grid electricity in 2024. That proportion had increased from 1.2% in 2020. That electricity draw was heavily concentrated, with Slough...

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