Power-plant disruptions continue to cause rolling blackouts that cut electricity to data centers throughout the country in three-hour increments.

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Bombardier's Litchurch Lane plant in Derby - where about 3, 000 people are employed - is the last rolling stock manufacturer in the UK with a 150-year history.

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Since Monday the company has been operating rolling blackouts to deal with substantial power shortages after the Kanto-Tohoku earthquake on March 11 crippled the Fukushima plant.

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