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Tech firms call for cheap power in remote areas to fuel AI boom

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February 10, 2025

Tech companies are putting pressure on the UK government to encourage an artificial intelligence datacentre boom in remote areas by offering cheap electricity.

- Jillian Ambrose

A report paid for by Amazon and OpenAI has called on ministers to overhaul the electricity market so that prices become more expensive where power is in short supply and cheaper where it is ample.

This zonal pricing would make areas such as Scotland a hotspot for AI datacentres - which use vast amounts of electricity - because of an abundance of windfarms and low population density, according to the report by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) thinktank.

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