Key facts
- Drax said it plans to build a data centre on the site of its power plant, using wood as fuel, according to the report.
- The report put the cost of the plans at £20 billion and gave no timetable for construction.
Energy company Drax has unveiled plans to build a new data centre on the site of its power plant, with wood as the fuel, in a report that did not date the announcement.
The report put the cost of the plans at £20 billion. It gave no further detail on the size of the facility, the generating capacity behind it, the timetable for construction or how the wood fuel would be sourced.
Drax operates a power plant that burns wood pellets, and the report ties the proposed data centre to that site. It did not say whether the plan has any regulatory approval or whether a final investment decision has been taken.