Forget the high energy costs. The UK can be a winner of the artificial intelligence data center boom

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Building data centers for artificial intelligence is all anger. But there, on the other hand, are better places to do so from the United Kingdom. It is a small populated island with high -energy costs and it seems that it finds it difficult to build any infrastructure at all.

This makes A wave of 31 billion pounds from new technological investments,, It was announced to coincide with US President Donald Trump’s visit to the United Kingdom, which appears to be a policy. Microsoft, Google Owner Alphabet and NVIDIA are part of an industry known to join huge numbers that have less than to meet the eye.

I took the nominal value, and the proposed investment is great. Assuming that all of this went in data centers, and that the intensity of the capital was similar to the density of the capital Elon Musk Colos.LeX calculates that it will be enough to build about 1.7 GB of capacity, for the 12 -hour TERAWATT Electricity.

In simple English, equivalent to consumption of about 4.4 million families. The consumption of the Consultant Aurora will almost, and they will significantly take all the growth in the expected data centers until 2030.

Energy in the UK is expensive, so operating data centers at current wholesale prices will cost two million pounds annually. In Norway, the annual energy cost may be half of that. But the so -called Passover blades do not bother them with energy costs, as they were briefed on the huge amount of money that it enters into, over time.

Data centers builders are also limited to how much they can choose cherries for their locations. Although the facilities that will mainly train artificial intelligence models can be anywhere, those that must interact with users need to be relatively close to them. Exactly how close the application: Self -judging compounds need artificial intelligence on four wheels, while large language models do not provide a little cumin. But in demand, the UK is large and relatively rich, which means that building databases is worth it.

Moreover, in the arms race, companies such as identification and alphabet platforms focus very on the speed in which data centers can be built and connected to energy sources. The UK may have some cards to play there.

If some of the infrastructure of Amnesty International North of the Scottish border is placed, for example, it will be able to take advantage of the winds that are currently lost due to network bottlenecks. In other areas, databases may be able to benefit from the pre -used reserve room by coal factories. Meanwhile, the national network has partnered with a company that improves the use of artificial intelligence energy to shave consumption at peak times.

Fishing is that the UK remains a place where a red tape is obtained and is planned to obtain. In order for the country to benefit from the madness of the data center, it will not only require energy and network connections – but also a simplified process to obtain the establishments. It is clear that there is a will, but it is up to the government to provide a means.

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