CloudHQ will develop the site which formerly housed the Didcot A coal-fired power station.
as part of a statement welcoming foreign investment in UK data centres to "spur economic growth and AI innovation".Data centres are large warehouses used to house computer, telecommunications or electronic storage systems, remotely powering services such as AI applications and streaming.CloudHQ has secured planning permission for the Didcot site, which will help towards the UK’s "growing demand for AI and machine learning", the government said.
"Our site enables us to build out our campus environment to provide scale and density to meet our customers’ requirements.""This is why only last month, I took steps to class UK data centres asgiving the industry the ultimate reassurance the UK will always be a safe home for their investment." Didcot A, the former structure at the site, was first opened in 1970 and closed in March 2013. Three of its cooling towers were demolished in July 2014.
Four men were killed after its boiler house collapsed as it was being demolished in February 2016. A Thames Valley Police investigation into the incident is still ongoing.
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