UK data centres in practice: permitting, delivery and decarbonisation with Amberside Advisors

11 June, 2026

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In this week’s episode of Energy Transition Today, we sit down with Lorcan McAlindon, associate director at Amberside Advisors, to talk about realities of data centre development and delivery in the UK.

McAlindon goes over the complex regulatory and financing frameworks UK data centre developers have to navigate and the increasingly innovative solutions that are being implemented to meet the modern ESG standards while reconciling with grid congestion issues.

He also touches on the lessons UK developer can learn from their European counterparts and the measures they can adopt to streamline permitting.

We end on the realities of AI inference and perceived demand bubble.


Hosted by: Maya Chavvakula

Edited by: Brazen Studios

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Music credit: NDA/Show You instrumental/Tribe of Noise


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