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Nscale: Loughton, Essex

Year Planned: 2027

Nscale, a prominent UK AI company, will invest $2.5 billion over the next three years to bolster the UK's data center infrastructure. The company has also secured a contract to construct the UK's largest sovereign AI data center in Loughton, Essex.

Nscale hopes the facility will go live in Q4 2026, and will be ready to house up to 45,000 Nvidia GB200 GPUs. The company said the project would support 500 construction jobs and up to 250 full-time roles.

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5.30 miles Wavenet: Enfield
Wavenet’s Enfield facility is not a stand-alone data centre – it is “Data Hall 4” inside the Virtus LONDON1 campus.
5.30 miles VIRTUS London1 Enfield
5.33 miles Ark: Meridian Park
5.74 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
As part of a £5 billion two-year commitment to the UK, Google has opened a new data centre in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire.
5.86 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
Epping Forest District Council has granted planning permission for Google’s new data center campus at North Weald Airfield, moving the project forward despite local objections.
6.26 miles Coreix Enfield
6.39 miles Green Mountain: London East
The parent company of Norwegian-based Green Mountain has acquired Infinity SDC Ltd, taking over a data center in Romford, East London.
6.46 miles Infinity Romford North and South
6.50 miles Green Mountain: London East Bldg 2
Green Mountain is expanding its London data center footprint for its existing facilities in the capital.
7.83 miles Exa: Hoddesdon
8.24 miles ServerChoice: Harlow
8.25 miles Kao Data: Harlow KLON-01
The KAO datacentre campus is located in the London-Stansted-Cambridge technology corridor.
8.31 miles Kao Data: KLON-02
This facility is part of KAO Data's Harlow Campus, located in the London-Stansted-Cambridge technology corridor.
8.33 miles Kao Data: KLON-07
This facility will be part of KAO Data's Harlow Campus, located in the London-Stansted-Cambridge technology corridor.
8.33 miles Kao Data: KLON-08
This facility will be part of KAO Data's Harlow Campus, located in the London-Stansted-Cambridge technology corridor.
8.34 miles Kao Data: KLON-03
This facility will be a part of KAO Data's Harlow Campus, located in the London-Stansted-Cambridge technology corridor.
8.40 miles Kao Data: KLON-04
This facility will be a part of KAO Data's Harlow Campus, located in the London-Stansted-Cambridge technology corridor.
8.49 miles Infinity SDC HereEast
8.78 miles NTT London 1 (Dagenham)
The NTT LON1 facility will be 24,000 sqm and 60MW critical IT load once fully developed.
9.82 miles Netwise London East (NLE)
Situated in East London near City Airport, the facility is powered entirely by renewable energy. It boasts a highly efficient cooling system, utilizing evaporative technology to achieve a design Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.05 (design capacity, not annualized).
10.01 miles Kao Data: Bidder Street, Newham
The Bidder Street Data Center has received planning approval from local councilors in the Newham area of East London. The facility is expected to begin operations by 2027.
10.12 miles IP House: London
10.43 miles Verizon London THW
10.43 miles Telehouse London Docklands (North, East, West)
Telehouse operates five data centers in London, four at its Docklands campus in East London, consisting of Telehouse North (opened 1990), Telehouse East (opened 1999), Telehouse West (opened 2010), and Telehouse North Two (opened in 2016.)
10.47 miles GTT London GS2
10.48 miles Global Switch: London East
Global Switch London East was the largest purpose-built data center in Europe, offering 450,000 sq ft of net technical space across 11 floors (700,000 sq ft gross).
10.49 miles Global Switch: London North
Global Switch London North is a retrofit of the former Financial Times printing works. It first opened as a data center in late 1999, at the height of the "dot-com" boom.
10.50 miles Lumen London 3 (E India Dock)
10.52 miles Global Switch: London South
Global Switch plans for the construction of a new data center in London Docklands. The new five-floor 290,625sqft data center, known as London South, will expand Global Switch’s London site.
10.73 miles ADA: LCY02
This building is the second facility in Ada Infrastructure's Docklands campus, East London.
10.74 miles Telehouse South
Telehouse is expanding its Telehouse South facility in London, UK.
10.79 miles ADA: LCY03
This building is the third facility in Ada Infrastructure's Docklands campus, East London.
10.81 miles ADA: East London Docklands
The project's first phase includes a 64,245-square-meter (691,530 sq ft) data center building (LCY01) with a substation.
11.05 miles Internap London
11.09 miles Digital Realty: LON2
11.10 miles Colt House London
11.13 miles nLighten: London Citi
In April 2024, nLighten acquired the site from Exa Infrastructure.
11.15 miles Six Degrees: London (Interxion LON3)
11.16 miles Stratus: Belvedere
Stratus Data Centres plans to construct two Tier III data centers in Belvedere, South East London.
11.17 miles Digital Realty: LON1 LON3
11.18 miles Epsilon London Telephone House
11.25 miles Stellanor: London City
Stellanor acquired the site from Redcentric plc as part of a larger deal involving eight UK data centers.
11.27 miles Digital Meridian Gate (215 Marsh)
Located in London Docklands, the Memaco House facility sits in close proximity to the city's many transport links. Memaco House provides 1,630 sq m of well-connected premium customer space over four floors.
11.27 miles 1 Olivers Yard - Digital Realty
This site was formerly a Telecity site that was acquired by Equinix (January 2016) and subsequently sold to Digital Realty Trust (July 2016.)
11.29 miles iomart DC2 London
11.30 miles Telehouse London Metro
11.32 miles Digital Sovereign House (227 Marsh Wall)
11.33 miles Six Degrees: Anchorage Point
The data center was originally established by BIS Ltd (which Six Degrees acquired in 2013) and underwent a significant refurbishment to Tier 3 standards.
11.36 miles Coreix Docklands
11.39 miles Lumen: Goswell Rd
11.40 miles Stellanor: London North
The Stellanor London North data center is one of the most historically significant and well-connected digital hubs in London.
11.42 miles TeliaSonera HEX/A
11.46 miles AIMES DC3 Mastmaker Road
11.47 miles Wavenet: Harbour Exchange
11.47 miles Equinix London LD8 Harbour Exchange (Docklands)
Equinix LD8 was known as Telecity Harbour Exchange (HEX) until July 2016. The facility is the second most connected data centre ecosystem in London.
11.52 miles Stellanor: London East
It was originally a Lumen (formerly Level 3) data center.
11.53 miles AtlasEdge: London LCY001
11.54 miles LeaseWeb: London LON-12
Leaseweb's LON-12 data center is a Tier III facility strategically located in the heart of London’s Docklands, offering approximately 3,700 m² (nearly 40,000 sq ft) of secure technical space.
11.61 miles DRT London (Bonnington House)
11.63 miles Digital Docklands: Cloud House
11.70 miles Verne: London EC1
The data centre is stacked vertically over seven stories and has a Tier III data centre design.
11.72 miles Echelon LCY10
Echelon’s existing UK facility, LCY10, is a 12,000 sqm (129,000 sq ft)data center located in London’s Docklands.
11.75 miles Fibroptic: City Reach, Docklands
Since its opening in 2011, this Tier 2 data centre has provided secure, high-performance colocation at City Reach, Isle of Dogs.
11.75 miles Keppel GV7 London
The Keppel London GV7 Data Centre is a newly refurbished data centre located in a secure estate within Canary Wharf, London.
11.75 miles Centersquare: Docklands LHR2
This facility was previously operated by Cyxtera. Centersquare completed the successful acquisition of Cyxtera and Evoque Data Center Solutions in early 2024.
11.75 miles City Reach London Docklands
11.77 miles DDCL: London
London’s Docklands site provides approximately 23,160 sq. ft. of net technical space divided into two primary data halls with a combined capacity for over 320 cabinets.
11.96 miles Verizon London UK5
12.06 miles 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
12.21 miles Lumen: 10 Fleet Pl
12.43 miles Equinix: Hertfordshire Campus (DC01UK)
Equinix has purchased the DC01UK data center campus in Hertfordshire, UK, a site now referred to as the Hertfordshire Campus.
12.46 miles Netwise London Central
Netwise has officially closed its "London Central" data center facility, which was a key part of their operations in London; the closure happened in June 2024,
12.50 miles Equinix: Hertfordshire Expansion
12.86 miles aptum London
12.91 miles 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.
13.27 miles Carrier-Neutral Data Center Request Dataset
13.27 miles NTT: London LON2
NTT Data has acquired a 26.3-acre plot of land in London, UK, for its eighth data center in the market.
13.57 miles Zenium London One
14.19 miles iomart: DC12 North London
iomart acquired the LDeX Group in December 2018, and what was previously known as the LDeX1 site is now integrated into iomart's network as DC12 North London.
14.27 miles Visa United Kingdom
14.42 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
Google has acquired a plot of land in Essex, UK, previously used as a racetrack and earmarked for residential developments.
14.46 miles Pure DC: Brent Cross
Pure Data Centres' Brent Cross project has entered its second phase, with the installation of superstructure steelwork now underway for a new building.
14.67 miles INAP North London
INAP's North London data center is located within Colt's facility on Black Fan Road
14.67 miles Colt London North: Welwyn Garden City
London, Welwyn Garden City is a carrier neutral facility situated just 35 minutes train journey north of London’s Kings Cross station.
14.86 miles Fujitsu: London East (SDC01)
The Fujitsu London East (SDC01) data center is a Tier III certified facility located in Grays, Essex.
14.93 miles Intercity: Elstree
The Intercity Technology Elstree data center is located on Theobald Street in Borehamwood (Greater London/Hertfordshire border).
15.12 miles ServerChoice: London
15.12 miles CapitaLand: Welwyn Garden City
In July 2024, CapitaLand secured planning permission for a £87 million data centre redevelopment.
15.61 miles Computacenter: Hertfordshire
16.20 miles Custodian Dartford DA2
16.37 miles Colt Powergate
The Powergate data center is outside of the heart of the city but within zone 2, making the site easily accessible. This Colt tier III facility provides over 3,700m2 of data centre space and 15 MVA of power.
16.42 miles Options West London
16.44 miles Equinix London LD9 Powergate
LD9 is located in West London's Park Royal campus. The data centre was a Telecity managed facility before Equinix acquired Telecity in July 2016.
16.45 miles Vantage London II
Located in Park Royal in West London, LHR2 is a six-story data center spanning 194,000 square feet (18,000 sqm).
16.49 miles Vantage London I Campus
Vantage's LHR-1 data center spans 430,000 sq ft (40,000 sqm) across two multi-story data centers.
16.52 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
Microsoft has started building a new £1 billion data center in Park Royal, west London, with construction scheduled to finish by early 2026.
16.62 miles Segro Pure Premier Park
Segro, a leading property investor, has joined forces with Pure DC to develop a 30,000 square meter (322,915 square foot) data center in West London.
17.06 miles Equinix London LD3
17.34 miles Ark: Alliance Park
Ark Data Centres acquired the Renault Retail Group’s West London site expecting to start construction of the data centre in 2022. The site will go live in 2025.
17.77 miles Ark: Elstree Expansion
17.81 miles Ark: Elstree Campus
Ark Data Centres is developing a massive data center campus in the Elstree/Hertsmere area, close to the A41 and M25.
17.81 miles ChunkyChips: Essex DC1
18.43 miles Vision247: London
Located in the heart of West London’s media hub, the Vision247 Chiswick Data Centre is a specialized boutique facility tailored for the broadcasting and digital media industries.
18.50 miles European Liquidity Center (EULC)
ICE Data Services’ state-of-the-art Tier 4 data center in Basildon, Essex, serves as a premier hub for colocation and supporting services.
19.00 miles Redwire: London
In 2010, Kingmead Homes were appointed Project Managers for Redwire DC’s 45,000 sq ft state-of-the-art data centre in Ealing Broadway, delivered alongside a 165-bed Premier Inn hotel on a 25-year lease.
19.15 miles Caineal: Wickford
The Caineal Wickford Data Center is a £1.3 billion high-performance artificial intelligence facility located on a 1.8-hectare site in Wickford, Essex, spearheaded by the London-based developer Caineal LLP.
19.89 miles ServerChoice: Stevenage
Opened in 2008 to great acclaim, Stevenage Data Centre was ServerChoice’s first facility and has been operating continuously with 100% uptime.

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Nscale is a European-based hyperscaler built specifically for AI. It delivers exceptional performance for demanding workloads like training and fine-tuning, through a vertically integrated infrastructure spanning its data centers and software stack.

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