Drax strikes £20bn deal for AI datacentre at UK power plant

The company has agreed to build a gigawatt-scale facility with Brookfield and Radiant, pending planning permission and government approval.

4 publishers · 4 articles · first seen 3 Nov 2026 · updated 4d ago

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4 publishers have covered this in 4 articles since 3 Nov 2026. Bloomberg Markets published first, on 3 November at 07:00 UTC; News Feed followed 1h 39m later. The most recent article, from www.theregister.com, appeared on 3 November at 13:27 UTC.

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