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Drax and Brookfield strike investment deal of up to £20bn for data centre

The group initially hopes to have a roughly 100MW centre operating from the first quarter of 2028.

Covered by 3 sources from 2 countries. First reported by Bloomberg ·

How 3 newspapers cover this story

  1. BloombergUnited StatesFirst report

    Brookfield, QIA to Invest in Data Center for Drax

    Brookfield Asset Management and the Qatar Investment Authority have reached an agreement to invest £2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) in a data center project with UK power generator Drax Group Plc.

  2. The IndependentUnited Kingdom

    Drax and Brookfield strike investment deal of up to £20bn for data centre

    The group initially hopes to have a roughly 100MW centre operating from the first quarter of 2028.

  3. Evening StandardUnited Kingdom

    Drax and Brookfield strike investment deal of up to £20bn for data centre

    The group initially hopes to have a roughly 100MW centre operating from the first quarter of 2028.

Coverage details

3 outlets from 2 countries are covering this story: Bloomberg, The Independent and Evening Standard. Bloomberg published it first, on November 3, 2026; the last outlet to join was Evening Standard, 2 hours later.

Key names in the coverage: Brookfield, Drax, Qatar Investment Authority, Data Center and QIA.

By country: United Kingdom (2), United States (1).

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