Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Rachel could ask Ed where the electricity comes from
Amazon Web Services ‘to invest £8bn in UK over next five years’
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is to invest £8 billion over the next five years building, operating and maintaining data centres in the UK, the company has announced.
Tanuja Randery, AWS
Many of the world’s largest companies use AWS data centres, and in the UK includes Deliveroo, easyJet, EDF, Just Eat, Monzo, NatWest, Sainsbury’s and others, as well as government agencies, educational institutions and public sector firms.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said: “I am under no illusion to the scale of the challenge facing our economy, and I will be honest with the British people that change will not happen overnight.
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"I will be honest with the British people that change will not happen overnight."
It certainly won't if she's relying on solar.
Sam - although Ed may not know that, he may assume there is some kind of trick with powerful overnight lighting.
Think of the reduction in transmission losses if the servers were put on platforms in the North Sea. I dare say old oil or gas platforms may be available.
Anon - I have an idea that Microsoft tried putting servers under the sea in some kind of submersible data centre, but I can't recall how it went. Not very well perhaps, or we'd hear more about it.
Presumably AWS are (also) going to build their own electricity generation facilities...
Dave - I think they will have to, or a massive standby system at least.
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