Oh no!! Brexit not going quite as well as hoped

[albion]

An update on the Britishvolt Cambois site.
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/former-britishvolt-site-house-data-28998765.amp
'The land - the former coal yards of the old Blyth Power Station - is owned by former Britishvolt lender Katch Fund Solutions but Northumberland County Council has an option to buy back the key site to ensure that it is used to bring good quality jobs to the area. The council has agreed to amend that option in exchange for a £110m payment that will be earmarked for job creation schemes in the county, particularly the area around the new Northumberland rail line.
The switch to data centres is a significant change '

Slightly disconcertingly the buyer is Blackstone, more known for its exploitative real estate deals than the data centre company it does own.

The saga continues. If they are bringing jobs, why the need to remove an option that will nit be actioned?

 

[BoldonLad]

An update on the Britishvolt Cambois site.
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/former-britishvolt-site-house-data-28998765.amp
'The land - the former coal yards of the old Blyth Power Station - is owned by former Britishvolt lender Katch Fund Solutions but Northumberland County Council has an option to buy back the key site to ensure that it is used to bring good quality jobs to the area. The council has agreed to amend that option in exchange for a £110m payment that will be earmarked for job creation schemes in the county, particularly the area around the new Northumberland rail line.
The switch to data centres is a significant change '

Slightly disconcertingly the buyer is Blackstone, more known for its exploitative real estate deals than the data centre company it does own.

The saga continues. If they are bringing jobs, why the need to remove an option that will nit be actioned?

Cannot see a Data Centre providing many “quality” jobs.

 

[albion]

Cannot see a Data Centre providing many “quality” jobs.

Apart from a few on site engineers, all the jobs can be remote.
The site is a mess so there will be construction work for while.
Cycle under the bridge and you will find the beach carpark has a Northvolt ownership sign. That could be the prime housing land.
It depends how far their ownership stretches.

For housing, for the big main site, it would need tree lining to hide the industry opposite.

 

[BoldonLad]

Apart from a few on site engineers, all the jobs can be remote.
The site is a mess so there will be construction work for while.
Cycle under the bridge and you will find the beach carpark has a Northvolt ownership sign. That could be the prime housing land.
It depends how far their ownership stretches.

For housing, for the big main site, it would need tree lining to hide the industry opposite.

Unless they demolish Cambois, it will need trees to screen it full stop

But, on a positive note, Daughter No3 (Civil Engineer) may get some work out of it

 

[albion]

Unless they demolish Cambois, it will need trees to screen it full stop

My current favourite beach. I think the pipeline is finally being removed soon. The 4 steam outlets are fine, and historic.
Further up the beach, Charltons is always busy

 

[albion]

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...in-uk-on-europes-largest-datacentre-hwbpr9d7f
A more intelligent assessment of the Britishvolt site/saga. Archive.ph is another 12ft.io type site.

 

[albion]

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/new...mberland-mp-compares-number-jobs-30056325.amp

So why no Microsoft, Musk, Amazon or Meta partnership announced.
It looks worryingly deficient. Let us hope it is not another dud battery semi-scam.

 

[albion]

Cartoon covers everything.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2...son-unleashed-memoir-digested-read-john-crace

 

[albion]

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...ust-growth-labour-rachel-reeves-business-live
"New data shows that the UK’s total goods and services trade deficit widened by £3bn in the June-August quarter, to £10bn.
The increase was due to higher goods imports.
The Office for National Statistics reports that the UK’s goods deficit widened by £2.6bn to £52.4bn in the three months to August.
"

 

[lazybloke]

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...ust-growth-labour-rachel-reeves-business-live
"New data shows that the UK’s total goods and services trade deficit widened by £3bn in the June-August quarter, to £10bn.
The increase was due to higher goods imports.
The Office for National Statistics reports that the UK’s goods deficit widened by £2.6bn to £52.4bn in the three months to August.
"

Funny, i remember some gammons saying we held all the cards; that "they" needed us more than we needed them, etc.
It was never true, and we're now more dependent than ever.

 

[albion]

Some background on the Blackstone gambit.
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/...or-prepares-for-once-in-a-generation-ai-boom/

 

[monkers]

Brexit perfectly illustrated.


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