Google has acquired a plot of land in Essex, UK, previously used as a racetrack and earmarked for residential developments. The 129 acres, located on Arterial Road in Purfleet, was sold to Global Infrastructure UK Limited for £47 million ($57.3m) in a deal completed in July 2023. LSL sold it to tech giant google in late 2023.
The land was previously used as the Arena Essex Raceway; a stock car and speedway racing track that opened in 1978 and closed in 2018.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Fujitsu: London East (SDC01) |
The Fujitsu London East (SDC01) data center is a Tier III certified facility located in Grays, Essex.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Custodian Dartford DA2 | |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Digital Reef: East Havering Campus |
Digital Reef aims to construct a massive $5.97 billion (£5.3 billion) data center campus on a 175-acre Green Belt site in London's Havering borough.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | OVH London LON-1 |
The OVH site of the new London facility was previously owned by a telecoms operator and it is near two substations, providing the required high electrical capacity
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Stratus: Belvedere |
Stratus Data Centres plans to construct two Tier III data centers in Belvedere, South East London.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Clearstone Energy: Ebbsfleet Campus |
UK developer Clearstone Energy has proposed the Ebbsfleet AI Data Centre Campus on 145 acres near Dartford, Kent.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | NTT London 1 (Dagenham) |
The NTT LON1 facility will be 24,000 sqm and 60MW critical IT load once fully developed.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Clearstone Energy: East London Campus |
Clearstone Energy is planning to develop the East London Data Centre Campus, a major facility planned on over 100 acres east of London in partnership with an established data center investor and operator.
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Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
In 2017, Google announced a commitment to power the company and its data centers entirely on renewable energy. In 2018, Google reached the 100% of their goal.
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