POWERING THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES: HOW ARE UTILITIES FACING THE PRESSURES?
June 1st, 2012
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
AS thousands of athletes and tourists flock to London this summer for the 2012 Olympic Games, some commercial customers of utilities and data centres based in the UK capital fear the inevitable strain that the event will put on the power grid. Power outages are of such concern, some businesses have been re-locating outside the city: Verizon Business, for example, recently opted to locate its flagship European database in Amsterdam rather than London, due to concerns about around potential Olympics-inspired power shortages.
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