Powering Sustainable Ideas

It’s rich in cloud data centers, but can the U.K. compete for AI assets?

September 8, 2026·17 min
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For over 50 years, the Drax power station has been helping to power the UK – first as a coal-fired plant, and today as a biomass facility. Could Drax, and other energy infrastructure from the same era, evolve yet again to help meet the soaring electricity demand of the coming decades? Richard Gwilliam, Future of Drax Power Station Director, outlines his vision in a session at RBC Capital Markets’ Energy Transition conference in London.

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