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National Grid taps into US AI power boom

National Grid, the UK utility company, is investing $1.75bn in a developer focused on supplying power to data centres, tapping into the US AI power boom driven by surging electricity demand from artificial intelligence data centres.

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Financial Times TechnologyThe UK utility company is investing $1.75bn in a developer focused on supplying power to data centres

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machinebrief.com — original article America Says Its AI Has No Kill Switch, But The World Is Hedging Fresh off AI layoffs, Block now wants to whack Slack with agent-human collab tool Tesla earnings: Investors want answers on robotaxis, AI, and SpaceX
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