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UK National Energy System Operator; managing a 50 GW data-centre grid queue that exceeds national peak demand — the bottleneck that drove OpenAI to pause its UK Stargate site.
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#13 12 Aug
Mentioned in: Nebius takes AI capacity in Newport
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#12 29 Jul
Ran the Demand Connections Reform programme housing the fee proposal
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Ofgem puts a price on the grid queue#7 10 Jun
Mentioned in: Seattle locks in its data-centre freeze
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#6 30 May
Mentioned in: SoftBank bets EUR 75bn on France
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#3 13 May
Issued the first transmission connection offers under Gate 2 Phase 1 beginning mid-May 2026
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: UK Gate 2 grid offers begin issuing#2 6 May
Mentioned in: Where the next data centres should go
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#2 27 Apr
Mentioned in: OpenAI puts a number on UK electricity gap
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#1 23 Apr
OpenAI pauses Cobalt Park Stargate site
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#5 9 Apr
Mentioned in: Texas grid queue hits 410 GW
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#1 27 Feb