Drax Explores Options to Sell Biomass Power to UK Data Center

Drax Group Plc is exploring options to sell power to a data-center provider in the UK, guaranteeing income for its biomass-fired plant.

Electricity use by data hubs in Britain will jump sixfold in the next 10 years as a boom in artificial intelligence requires increased computing heft, National Grid Plc said earlier this year. Drax’s plan would “co-locate” a data center with biomass generation, avoiding reliance on a power grid already under strain.

“The growing demand for 24/7 power to meet the needs of data centers represents a potential opportunity for generators like Drax,” the Selby-based company said in a ...