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UK Budget 2026 ties data centre grid access to local tests

28 October 2026

The UK government published its Data Centre Covenant on 28 October 2026 in the Autumn Budget. It links priority grid connections for large data centres to local tests, and it sits alongside more than £700m in AI spending.

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