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Will my bills go up?

The story highlights how increased energy demand from data centres in Australia could push up power prices. While this story is about Australia, similar pressures could affect UK energy prices too. If more data centres are built here without new renewable energy sources, your household bills might see an increase to cover the extra demand.

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