Poor grid planning could shift Europe's data centre geography, report says


FILE PHOTO: A specialist works at high voltage power lines near Kaarst, Germany, July 27, 2022. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) -Europe's leading data centre hubs face a major shift as developers will go wherever connection times are shortest, unless there is more proactive electricity grid planning, a report on Thursday by energy think-tank Ember showed.

Data centre buildout has exploded in recent years as tech companies race to put together the strongest offering of competitive artificial intelligence (AI) models, which rely on a new generation of power-hungry data centres.

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