Drax to convert Yorkshire power station into 1GW data centre to meet AI energy demand

Drax Group announced on Thursday that it is considering converting a section of its Yorkshire power station in northern England into a data centre as early as 2027. The project would repurpose land, cooling systems, and transformers that were previously used for coal generation, according to a Reuters report. Europe’s landscape of energy infrastructure is on the cusp of a significant transformation, driven by the insatiable energy demands of the artificial intelligence boom.Repurposing leg