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Brookfield Asset Management and Drax Group have agreed to develop an AI data centre at Drax’s power station in North Yorkshire, Bloomberg, CNBC, the Financial Times and The Guardian report. Bloomberg says Brookfield and the Qatar Investment Authority will invest £2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) in the project. The Financial Times and The Guardian put the full plan at £20 billion. The Guardian reports the centre could exceed 1 gigawatt and begin operating by early 2028, and that Drax chief executive Will Gardiner said it would protect hundreds of jobs. CNBC reports Drax shares rose 8%.

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Key points

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  1. Brookfield and Drax have agreed to develop an AI data centre at Drax’s North Yorkshire power station.

    Across the spectrumReported byLeft2Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Bloomberg, The Guardian
    Center
    CNBC, Financial Times

  2. Brookfield and the Qatar Investment Authority will invest £2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) in the project, according to Bloomberg.

    One outletBloomberg· Left

  3. The wider plan is worth £20 billion, according to The Guardian and the Financial Times.

    Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Center
    Financial Times

  4. The data centre could have a capacity of more than 1 gigawatt and begin operations by early 2028, according to The Guardian.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

  5. Drax chief executive Will Gardiner said the project would help secure the long-term future of the site and protect hundreds of jobs.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

  6. CNBC reports that Drax shares rose about 8% on the news.

    One outletCNBC· Center

How each side tells it

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All sides report that Drax and Brookfield have agreed a data centre project at the North Yorkshire power station. Left-side coverage, led by The Guardian, stresses the plant’s pollution and the scale of the £20bn plan, while center coverage focuses on investment size, the share price reaction and biomass power.

  • the left

    2 outlets

    Left headlines lead with the plant’s pollution and the size of the £20bn deal, while Bloomberg’s headline is a plain deal announcement.

    UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre
    The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    2 outlets

    Center headlines present the deal as an investment story: CNBC leads with a $27bn figure and Drax’s 8% share surge, while the Financial Times stresses biomass-powered backing.

    Brookfield targets $27 billion AI data center at power station. Energy firm Drax surges 8%
    CNBCCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    No coverage yet

    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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From the left

2 outlets

Leads with

  • the plant’s pollution
  • scale of the £20bn plan
  • jobs at the site
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  • The GuardianLeft

    UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre

    Drax’s FTSE 250 owner strikes £20bn deal to build infrastructure in what it says is site’s ‘next chapter’ Business live – latest updates Britain’s most polluting power plant could soon power the country’s largest datacentre under a £20bn deal to build AI infrastructure on the …

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  • BloombergLeft

    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.

    Read at Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)

From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • investment size
  • share price reaction
  • biomass power for the data centre
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From the right

0 outlets

No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    First to report

    Bloomberg, Nov 3, 2:00 AM EST

  • Center

    1 hr 29 min later

    Its first report, Nov 3, 3:28 AM EST

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. BloombergLeftNov 3, 2:00 AM EST
  2. CNBCCenterNov 3, 3:28 AM EST
  3. Financial TimesCenterNov 3, 3:38 AM EST
  4. The GuardianLeftNov 3, 6:55 AM EST

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