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Belgium mulls energy limits for power-hungry data centres as AI demand surges
Yahoo Finance·2025-10-22 23:33

By Alban Kacher (Reuters) -Belgium's grid operator could set an electricity allocation limit on data centres to prevent other industrial users from being squeezed out, it said, following a surge in demand from the energy-intensive facilities that power AI. Under reforms proposed by the operator Elia, data centres would be placed in a separate category that would allow grid capacity to be allocated specifically for them within a set limit, the company told Reuters. That would ensure other sectors are not ...