UK Chancellor Healey Vows to Avoid US-Style Data Center ‘Free-for-All’

Cointime update: UK Chancellor John Healey said Britain will not permit the kind of data center “free-for-all” that has triggered public and political backlash in the United States, warning it could threaten artificial intelligence investment. He told the Commons Treasury Committee that a new “data center covenant” was introduced alongside the budget he set out in October, saying he does not want the US data center debate repeated in the UK.