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Evidence references

Major UK policy and market statistics used on this site are attributed below. CEAC technical and economic figures are drawn from the current Generation-1 engineering model.

  1. 01

    UK Compute Roadmap

    DSIT / UKRI · 23 April 2026

    National AI-capable data-centre capacity planning context.

  2. 02

    Compute Analytical Annex (corrected/replacement)

    DSIT · 23 April 2026

    Demand/supply scenarios and inference-share estimates.

  3. 03

    Demand Connections Reform

    Ofgem · 13 February 2026 / June 2025–2026 updates

    Contracted demand offers and data-centre connection pressure.

  4. 04

    Connections Reform Results

    NESO · 2025–2026

    Connection queue scale and delivery timescales.

  5. 05

    Connected Nations UK Report 2025

    Ofcom · 19 November 2025

    Fixed-broadband usage and coverage statistics.

  6. 06

    Pricing and Consumer Engagement 2025

    Ofcom · 26 February 2026

    Average standalone fixed-broadband customer spend.

  7. 07

    NVIDIA A10 datasheet

    NVIDIA · product datasheet

    24 GB GDDR6 and 150 W board power per accelerator.

  8. 08

    UK GHG Conversion Factors 2026

    UK Government · 2026

    Grid electricity factor used only for labelled reference calculations.

Current CEAC energy and economic data is available through the Generation-1 engineering model on /ceac-model.