{"id":17679,"date":"2025-02-10T08:39:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T07:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/tech-firms-call-for-zonal-electricity-pricing-in-uk-to-fuel-ai-datacentres\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T08:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T07:39:25","slug":"tech-firms-call-for-zonal-electricity-pricing-in-uk-to-fuel-ai-datacentres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/tech-firms-call-for-zonal-electricity-pricing-in-uk-to-fuel-ai-datacentres\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech firms call for zonal electricity pricing in UK to fuel AI datacentres"},"content":{"rendered":"

Report urges ministers to overhaul market to increase rollout in areas that have ample power generation <\/p>\n

Tech companies are putting pressure on the UK government to encourage an AI datacentre boom in remote areas of Great Britain by offering some of the cheapest electricity prices in Europe.<\/p>\n

A report paid for by the tech companies Amazon and OpenAI has called on ministers to overhaul the UK\u2019s electricity market by splitting it into different zones so that prices become more expensive in areas where power is in short supply, and cheaper in those where it is ample.<\/p>\n

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\nReport urges ministers to overhaul market to increase rollout in areas that have ample power generation
\nTech companies are putting pressure on the UK government to encourage an AI datacentre boom in remote areas of Great Britain by offering some of the cheapest electricity prices in Europe.
\nA report paid for by the tech companies Amazon and OpenAI has called on ministers to overhaul the UK\u2019s electricity market by splitting it into different zones so that prices become more expensive in areas where power is in short supply, and cheaper in those where it is ample. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Report urges ministers to overhaul market to increase rollout in areas that have ample power generation Tech companies are putting pressure on the UK government to encourage an AI datacentre boom in remote areas of Great Britain by offering some of the cheapest electricity prices in Europe. A report paid for by the tech companies …<\/p>\n

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