Drax site may host UK's largest AI datacentre in £20bn plan

A £20bn deal could turn the site of Britain's most polluting power plant into the home of the country's largest datacentre. The Drax plant's FTSE 250 owner has partnered with infrastructure investor Brookfield and AI infrastructure platform Radiant on the project in North Yorkshire. The datacentre would eventually have a capacity of more than 1 gigawatt and could start operations by early 2028. For people living nearby and for the wider grid, the plan raises practical questions about how a facility of that scale would be powered and what it means for the site's future.

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