New report maps the UK's planned data centre capacity in detail for the first time
dc_lawrence · x · 2026-10-29
The UK has a new Data Centre Covenant, but until now there was no detailed overview of planned data centre capacity — how much, where, and when. A new report from sciworks maps this out along with signals about UK compute demand, with the authors noting some findings may surprise readers. Details in the thread.
Related event: Report Maps UK Data Centre Pipeline: 5.7GW by 2030, 42% Untenanted(4 posts)→
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