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Excellent post!

I suspect dispatchable power generation capacity will cap our ambitions on this front.

Ireland is now rejection data centre applications due to its constrained generation capacity. It had planned for data centres accounting for 31% power by 2030, but its now on track for 32% by 2026.

In the UK, National Grid had planned for 6% by 2030, and it's overall demand forecasts are way off Ireland and the US.

Our de-rated dispatchable generation capacity is already below peak winter demand and looks to plummet in the next 5 years – a situation that will be significantly exacerbated if Labour follows through on its threat to veto new gas turbines.

Overall, I can't see how we manage existing demand, let alone facilitate a data centre drive.

https://www.ft.com/content/53accefd-eca7-47f2-a51e-c32f3ab51ad5

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Let us hope that any new government will heed your advice. Too much concern for the comforts of life by the people already comfortable should be tempered by the needs of those who are uncomfortable, the poor, homeless, jobless, etc. Starmer and Reeves need to get the economy moving and make an early start on a living wage and minimum income requirements for all the population.

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