<![CDATA["Britain’s national grid, already under pressure over soaring demand, is facing a new challenge: AI data centres have been given government authority to jump the queue for scarce power connections, ahead of housing development"]]>"Britain’s national grid, already under pressure over soaring demand, is facing a new challenge: AI data centres have been given government authority to jump the queue for scarce power connections, ahead of housing development"



The UK tech energy grab: how AI data centres are delaying the building of new homes
https://www.thenerve.news/p/ai-data-centres-electricity-grid-housing-new-homes-energy-delay

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/818789e7-937c-4278-bb12-b0e073a02b0e/britain-s-national-grid-already-under-pressure-over-soaring-demand-is-facing-a-new-challenge-ai-data-centres-have-been-given-government-authority-to-jump-the-queue-for-scarce-power-connections-ahead-of-housing-developmentRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 08:33:57 GMTSat, 28 Mar 2026 08:23:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "Britain’s national grid, already under pressure over soaring demand, is facing a new challenge: AI data centres have been given government authority to jump the queue for scarce power connections, ahead of housing development" on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:24:58 GMT]]>@junesim63 @TCMuffin I consider empathy an intelligence

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/Christo_459/statuses/116306077174778383https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/Christo_459/statuses/116306077174778383Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:24:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Britain’s national grid, already under pressure over soaring demand, is facing a new challenge: AI data centres have been given government authority to jump the queue for scarce power connections, ahead of housing development" on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:18:28 GMT]]>@Christo_459 @TCMuffin
I think they also lack empathy, so even if they were aware of how most of us live, they wouldn't care.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/junesim63/statuses/116306051642062714https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/junesim63/statuses/116306051642062714Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:18:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Britain’s national grid, already under pressure over soaring demand, is facing a new challenge: AI data centres have been given government authority to jump the queue for scarce power connections, ahead of housing development" on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:11:24 GMT]]>@junesim63 @TCMuffin
The trouble with tech bros is that they lack other intelligence compounded by their wealth isolating them from mosts folks lives

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/Christo_459/statuses/116306023849505957https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/Christo_459/statuses/116306023849505957Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:11:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Britain’s national grid, already under pressure over soaring demand, is facing a new challenge: AI data centres have been given government authority to jump the queue for scarce power connections, ahead of housing development" on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:56:08 GMT]]>@junesim63

Sadly true 🤦

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/TCMuffin/statuses/116305963788278414https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/TCMuffin/statuses/116305963788278414Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:56:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Britain’s national grid, already under pressure over soaring demand, is facing a new challenge: AI data centres have been given government authority to jump the queue for scarce power connections, ahead of housing development" on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:55:22 GMT]]>@TCMuffin

Simple, but this government is in the pockets of the techbros, so no, they won't.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/junesim63/statuses/116305960763609011https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/junesim63/statuses/116305960763609011Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:55:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Britain’s national grid, already under pressure over soaring demand, is facing a new challenge: AI data centres have been given government authority to jump the queue for scarce power connections, ahead of housing development" on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:52:40 GMT]]>@junesim63

With solar panels, wind turbines, and battery storage, the government could legislate on any new data centre being self-powered.

Site any new data centre near the coast with a desalination plant and mandate that they’re self-sufficient for water too.

Competition for limited resources solved!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/TCMuffin/statuses/116305950155448348https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.wales/users/TCMuffin/statuses/116305950155448348Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:52:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Britain’s national grid, already under pressure over soaring demand, is facing a new challenge: AI data centres have been given government authority to jump the queue for scarce power connections, ahead of housing development" on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:38:29 GMT]]>@junesim63 utter madness

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/urlyman/statuses/116305894375753223https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/urlyman/statuses/116305894375753223Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:38:29 GMT