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The taxing issues in London today
DatacenterDynamics (Nov 16 2011) Emissions
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There are very few occasions when an industry breathes a sigh of relief because of a new tax. But after a year of debate, confusion and sitting on the fence, the UK data center industry didexactly that. The government had announced its Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) — first meant to be a complicated ranking, measuring and carbon-charging solution — would now be a simple tax.
It was the topic that dominated last year’s DatacenterDynamics London event. Most speakers, regardless of whether they were from the engineering or design side of the data center, had something to say about it.
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