From the Annual Report: “NESO is an independent public corporation, wholly owned by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero“. It’s politically controlled. If politicians decide to rush for AI data centers, then NESO will fall into line whether the system can cope or not.

Something else I found: “We take a whole system view so that everyone in Great Britain has access to secure, clean and affordable energy“. Yeah, affordable.

And I noticed the constant reference to ‘Great Britain’. Which obviously doesn’t include the north of Ireland. Where – and you won’t believe this! – prices are much cheaper because consumers there are linked to an All-Ireland system.

I don’t know of any that have been approved yet, but the Holyhead one is having the substation rebuilt even though the campus only has outline permission. The grid connection was revamped some years ago in anticipation of something happening there. Not sure what the capacity is now, it used to be 300 MW but could be far higher now

The Amlwch one is very tiny and hardly matters

At Caernarfon the grid connection is being currently assessed by NESO. It will almost certainly be a dedicated connection from the transmission substation (450MW) at Pentir

No one gets to connect to the grid unless NESO sign off the connection agreement having assessed that the grid is capable

I’d be far more concerned about emergency response for BESS incidents than DCs using electricity, and it’s the LPAs who assess that

“Catered for in the planning stage“, but who checks? It seems to me – and I try to keep up with the news – that these AI data centres are being nodded through with little or no public consultation or publicity. I suspect those involved know there’ll be problems down the line, but when confronted they’ll employ an argument not a lot different to the one you’ve used.

I didn’t touch earlier on the gruesome labour practices adopted by companies that are often owned or backed by international corporates. That factor alone should serve as a prompt to adopt more thorough enforcement of contract terms aimed at disqualification of offenders. I fear that the default out of sight out of mind posture is the preferred and easiest option for most of the 96 recently installed in Y Senedd

If I had a woman’s name like him I’d certainly use a pseudonym. Don’t know about you but I object to being called a liar and a coward apropos of nothing; indeed such was his obnoxiousness Jac shut down the comments on his last entry, hence why I’m saying my piece here. Jac’s quite capable evidently of policing his own blog, so on that basis I know a place where you can park your ‘suggestions’.

It’s all public information and has been in the press

In fairness, Lyn always bravely gives his real name and couragously admits where he lives, unlike cowardly you ‘David Smith’. Is it his forthright truth that offends you? Let’s stick to comments relating to Jac’s BLOG of today, and stop using offensive words like “deranged twat“. Look in the mirror when you use such words.

Data Centres have electricity and water catered for in the planning stages. And the data centre itself collects nothing, it’s the people who control them and the people who allow them to do it

Have you told your neighbour Butty Rhun all this?
What did he say?