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Building a data centre in the UK can involve separate departments for data-centre policy, telecoms and energy, The Register reports, following a reshuffle that abolished the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Why it mattersThe practical snag is not just Whitehall’s paperwork: the report notes that Microsoft recently withdrew from plans for a major UK AI supercomputer over difficulties securing power. More forms are one thing. Finding enough electricity is rather harder to file away.
Discuss: Should the UK put data-centre and energy decisions under one lead department, or is specialist responsibility across government worth the extra coordination?
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