July 25, 2026 United Kingdom
UK data centre firm Volta has appointed Jason Liggins as its new chief executive officer. Liggins takes over following Volta’s separation from Verne and acquisition by Arcus. “My focus will be on leading the growth of the Volta business, strengthening our position in the London market, and...
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July 17, 2026 United Kingdom
UK oil and gas company Orcadian has proposed an offshore data center in the North Sea powered by a natural gas plant using gas from its Earlham and Orwell fields. The company plans to generate power offshore, capture the resulting CO₂ emissions, and store them in the Earlham reservoir. Orcadian...
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July 15, 2026 Northern Ireland
Data centers in Ireland accounted for 23 percent of the country’s total metered electricity use in 2025. According to the Central Statistics Office, facilities consumed 7,663GWh during the year, a 10 percent increase from 6,973GWh in 2024. Data centers in Ireland now consume nearly as much...
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July 14, 2026 United Kingdom
The former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) data center in Kegworth, Leicestershire, has been demolished to make way for a new industrial warehouse development. Hobden Estates received approval to demolish the site in 2024 and has since submitted plans for a Class E commercial building with office...
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July 03, 2026 United Kingdom
UK renewable energy developer Clearstone has proposed a 300MW data center campus in Kent. Planned for a 145-acre site near Dartford, the Ebbsfleet AI Data Centre Campus would comprise up to 180,000 sqm (1.9 million sq ft) of data center space across four buildings. The project has been designated...
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June 29, 2026 United Kingdom
Xlinks, the company behind the proposed Morocco–UK power cable, has unveiled plans for a 1.5GW AI data center campus in Devon. The project, announced this week, includes two planning applications submitted to Torridge District Council: the 1.5GW Valeon AI data center campus and a 1.8GW battery...
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June 29, 2026 United Kingdom
A data center could be developed in Norfolk, UK. First reported by the Norwich Evening News, Norwich Apex Ltd plans a two-story data center, substation, and three-story office building on a 13-hectare site off Ipswich Road in Norwich. The company secured planning permission for the Apex Business...
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June 27, 2026 United Kingdom
Denham Parish Council has objected to a proposed 60,000 sqm data center development in Buckinghamshire, UK. Submitted by Mulberry Commercial Developments II on June 1, 2026, the plan calls for two data center buildings on Green Belt land on either side of Denham Court Drive near the village of...
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June 18, 2026 United Kingdom
UK government ministers will decide whether to approve plans for a data center campus at a former quarry in Bedfordshire after the project was designated a development of national significance. Real estate firm Questpit is proposing the Quest Park Data Center campus on a 143-acre site at Ampthill...
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June 17, 2026 London
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged "coordinated action" to address the challenges posed by rising data center demand across the capital, particularly growing pressure on power infrastructure. A report commissioned by the Greater London Authority and prepared by Buro Happold found that while...
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June 02, 2026 United Kingdom
UK data center developer Era4 is moving forward with plans to establish a facility at a landfill site in Canterbury. The company, formerly known as Carbon3.ai, has submitted an application to Kent County Council for the development of a data center at the Shelford Farm Estate on Broad Oak Road....
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May 21, 2026 United Kingdom
Sembcorp is planning a 280MW data center at Wilton International in Teesside, UK, in partnership with Digital Reef. The project would include three buildings on a 154,553 sqm site acquired for £3.5 million ($4.7m) in July 2025. Sembcorp has filed plans for a 280MW air-cooled data center at Wilton...
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May 18, 2026 United Kingdom
Malaysian Operator and Chinese Tech Firm to Develop Digital Park in Perak Malaysian data center developer Cahya Suria Services and Chinese tech firm Suzhou EnnoThing Technology have teamed up to develop a digital park in Perak, Malaysia known as the NexQuantum AI Digital Park. It will be...
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April 30, 2026 United Kingdom
UK-based power solutions provider AVK has launched a modular power system aimed at the hyperscale and AI data center market. The AVK PowerPod is a fully integrated, pre-engineered solution delivered as a transportable modular unit. It combines an engine for power generation with switchgear, UPS,...
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April 28, 2026 Wales
A proposal to convert a former chemical plant into an AI data center in North Wales, UK, has been rejected by the local council. Anglesey County Council turned down the planning application for the site of the former Octel factory at Amlwch Port, according to the North Wales Chronicle. Carbon3.ai...
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April 21, 2026 United Kingdom
A modular data center could be developed on the site of a steelworks in South Wales, UK, after council planners approved the scheme. Era4 plans to build the facility on part of the Liberty Steel plant in Newport, South Wales. Newport City Council granted change-of-use permission for the site at a...
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April 03, 2026 United Kingdom
The UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is seeking a new data center provider. In a tender, the agency is looking for a partner to deliver and maintain a facility supporting its Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) system.LRIT is a global satellite-based system that requires ships...
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March 26, 2026 United Kingdom
US power firm Arbor Energy partners with GridMarket to supply up to 5GW to data centers starting in 2029. The agreement will serve data center operators and other industrial clients, offering faster deployment than conventional power solutions.Arbor is using a modular approach with its 25MW...
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March 23, 2026 United Kingdom
The UK Government, rather than local planning authorities, will determine whether a proposed 300MW data center in Buckinghamshire receives planning permission. While planning decisions in the UK are typically made by local councils, Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government Steve...
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March 14, 2026 United Kingdom
A proposed 1GW data center campus at a former RAF airbase in North Lincolnshire, UK, has received planning approval. North Lincolnshire Council’s planning committee approved the Elsham Tech Park project during a meeting on Wednesday.The data center campus would be built on land south and east of...
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