Cambridge and Essex AI growth could be slowed by electricity cost

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Cambridge and Essex AI growth could be slowed by electricity cost

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Data centre electricity needs are forecast to grow as more artificial intelligence hubs are built

The government must invest in long-term renewable energy if it wants to drive artificial intelligence (AI) growth in the East of England, experts have warned.

AI is set to be at the forefront of a £2bn data centre in Loughton, Essex, as well as the chancellor’s plans for ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ between Cambridge and Oxford.

Dr Haider Raza, a senior AI lecturer at the University of…

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