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Mott MacDonald engineering commentary highlights critical grid connection delays impacting UK small modular reactor (SMR) energy projects—a constraint on UK data center nuclear power deployment.

Exposes a key risk to SMR-powered data center models: UK grid infrastructure cannot accommodate rapid SMR commissioning, potentially delaying the 'nuclear-powered hyperscale data center' deployment strategy in Europe.
Trade pressSlicast · October 8, 2026 at 16:32 UTC · Global · Source: Data Center Dynamics
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