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UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre
According to the excerpt, The Guardian reports that the owner of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire has struck a £20bn deal with Brookfield and Radiant to build a datacentre of more than 1 gigawatt, which could begin operating by early 2028.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
What it means for you
The Guardian reports plans for the UK's largest AI datacentre at the Drax power station site, which the paper calls Britain's most polluting power plant.
For lawmakers
The Guardian's report of a £20bn, 1 gigawatt datacentre at Drax raises questions for UK energy and planning policy about where AI infrastructure gets its power.
The record
- Questions
- How fast is AI advancing, and where is it heading? · What happens to work, income and the economy?
- People
- Jillian Ambrose (Wrote it, Energy correspondent)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of November 4, 2026, via
the-guardian-ai(tier 2: a major outlet’s own reporting) - Cite this
- The Guardian, “UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre”, November 3, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/guardian-2026-11-03-drax-power-station-ai-datacentre
Our notesLight lane: figures (£20bn, over 1 gigawatt, early 2028) are as in the excerpt, attributed to the deal as the Guardian reports it.