Britain's data centres are eating the grid - and we underestimated the damage
On how quickly UK and US data centre electricity demand has outpaced earlier forecasts, and what that means for grid planning.
Mehdi Paryavi
Chairman & CEO, International Data Center Authority (IDCA)
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