Are the UK Government energy policies endangering the future of DCs here?
Liam Newcombe recently said that concerns about the coalition government's
recently announced energy policy voiced by other parties were also valid
for the UK’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) legislation and energy
policies in general.
“Between the CRC and the lack of any structured energy policy in the
UK we do appear to have a problem,” he said. “We appear to be heading
for a power generating capacity shortfall which has resulted in this
need to raise prices. The combination of rising cost and complex
regulatory burdens may well be the tipping factor for operators building
in the UK versus elsewhere.”
To address the issue, Newcombe said data centre groups, and industry
body Intellect, are working with the Department of Energy and Climate
Change on an Climate Change Agreement (CCA) as an alternative to CRC for data centres.
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