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UK Government Moves Forward with Datacentre Policies Amid Mixed Reactions from Developers and Campaigners

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UK Government Moves Forward with Datacentre Policies Amid Mixed Reactions from Developers and Campaigners

UK government targets simplified planning, community incentives with digital infrastructure build-out

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UK government targets simplified planning, community incentives with digital infrastructure build-out

Will the new Data Centre Covenant really make all that much difference?

Computer Weekly

Datacentre grid priority confirmed as connection queue response published

DESNZ confirms prioritisation and strategic alignment of datacentre connections, after 156 responses broadly backed tougher queue management but split on capacity reservation

Computer Weekly

Datacentre covenant pleases developers more than campaigners

Campaigners dismiss the Budget covenant as a voluntary smokescreen, while developers warn that priority grid access means little without the substations to deliver it

Computer Weekly

UK government drafts national policy statement for datacentres

The draft policy opens England’s fast-track NSIP regime to schemes of 100MW and above, with a presumption of consent and consultation running to 8 January 2027

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