Two inquiries, one problem
The confusing data centre debate.
Happy Thursday,
Windows closed, blinds down, fan on. Let's go.
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Happening Today 📆
Very little, other than an Anthropic-inspired question in the Commons and Beeban Kidron's book launch, so cool down with my weekly reading recommendations instead...
Sam Freedman has the best of the looks at Andy Burnham's wider policy agenda. The NYT has a story to give you hope about the heat, data centres and energy. Writing for Arguably, Martha Dacombe looks at Britain's "shaky foundations in an AI-dominated future" and Alys Key dives into the book that birthed the social media ban.
In today's edition:
💡 Two parliamentary inquiries examine AI's energy problem from very different angles
🇬🇧 The British Business Bank backs 10 new VC funds
📅 Plus a date for the Cyber Bill
