# UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-11-03T11:55:28+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/03/uk-drax-power-station-ai-datacentre
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/uk-s-most-polluting-power-plant-could-power-country-s-largest-ai-datac-720961/

Drax’s FTSE 250 owner strikes £20bn deal to build infrastructure in what it says is site’s ‘next chapter’ Business live – latest updates Britain’s most polluting power plant could soon power the country’s largest datacentre under a £20bn deal to build AI infrastructure on the site of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire. The power plant’s FTSE 250 owner has struck a deal with the infrastructure

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