Why co-locating BESS + data centres with Scottish offshore wind is a complex matter. Scotland’s offshore wind pipeline and the UK’s surging data centre demand (especially AI-led load) are colliding in an obvious place: ‘multi-energy campuses’ that combine generation, private-wire supply, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), and large flexible demand. […]
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What we are aiming to achieve
At HPC-AI UK, we aim to build the UK’s most sustainable digital infrastructure, helping our country become a global leader in AI technology. We will do this by locating this infrastructure close to abundant sources of renewable energy and close to where there is a workforce able to transition to […]
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Can the UK be a global leader in AI sustainably? The UK has ambitious growth plans for AI with huge amounts of investment promised by business and government to meet these goals, but the issue of ‘sustainable growth’ has been a moot point. The enormous amounts of energy to power […]
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