Datacenter builds could be shielded from judicial review in UK planning reforms
British government wants to ensure no hold-ups for critical energy and infrastructure projects
The UK government may move to forestall objections todatacenter projects via an overhaul of planning regulations that would shield criticalenergy and infrastructure buildouts from legal challenges.
Finance minister, Chancellorof the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, is preparingto unveil reforms allowing Parliament to designate key projects ashaving critical national importance to prevent them from being subject to judicialreview.
"For toolong, vital infrastructure delivery has been delayed by judicial reviews of projects," a spokesperson for HM Treasury saidin a statement.
The Chancellor "is clear that Parliament must take backcontrol to get Britainbuilding the powerplants, wind farms and gridconnections that will bringbills down, strengthen our energy security, and delivergrowth in every part of our country."
This does not explicitly mention datacenters, but as TheRegister has reported previously, massive server farms have already been lumpedin with energy generation as projects to be urgently...
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