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Are UK data centres at risk from energy price rises?

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Are UK data centres at risk from energy price rises? Hardly a day goes by recently where there isn’t a story in the news about rising gas and electricity prices. Focus tends to be on residential rates, but business rates are affected too - and with the added complexity of daily standing charges on top of a fixed unit rate, plus VAT at the full rate and the Climate Change Levy (CCL) - it’s no wonder that businesses like data …