Palantir gets £21m from Britain’s grid operator, no competition
08-09-2026 14:56 via thenextweb.com

Palantir gets £21m from Britain’s grid operator, no competition

Britain’s publicly owned energy system operator has handed Palantir a £21.2m contract with no competition. The justification it filed is a plain description of why leaving will be difficult. Lindsay Clark reported the award for The Register on Tuesday. The underlying transparency notice sits on Find a Tender. It went up on 26 August. The […]
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