UK Colocation and Data Centre Market

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The United Kingdom data center market is located in the region of Western Europe and within Europe. United Kingdom has 601 facilities.

The top providers in United Kingdom are Ark Data Centres (UK) (12 sites) and Vantage Data Centers with 5 facilities . The most popular facilities are Telehouse London Docklands (North, East, West) and Equinix London LD9 Powergate.

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Market Facts

United Kingdom Data Center Map

United Kingdom Power Growth Over Time

+72% since 2022
Operational
Construction
Planned
Prospective
Land Bank
In Doubt
Currently Operational
across NN Request Dataset sites
Under Construction
NN Request Dataset sites currently building
Planned / Prospective
NN Request Dataset sites announced, but haven't started construction

Largest Providers in United Kingdom

Ark Data Centres (UK)
Site
Power
Operational
9
190.96
Construction
3
Planned
2
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
1
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
12
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Vantage Data Centers
Site
Power
Operational
4
196.0
Construction
1
Planned
11
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
5
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VIRTUS Data Centres Ltd
Site
Power
Operational
11
194.4
Construction
1
Planned
4
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
12
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Equinix
Site
Power
Operational
15
162.1
Construction
2
Planned
5
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
17
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Largest Data Centers in United Kingdom

Location About Total SqFt Power (MW)
Vantage CWL13 NN Request Dataset
Vantage Cardiff CWL1 NN Request Dataset NN Request Dataset
Ark: Union Park
There are 21 Data Halls of approximately 1250m2 each, to be deployed at approximately 3MW per hall.
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Ark: Cody Park
29 data centres across 6 buildings on a 36 acre high security data centre campus owned and operat...
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Regions in United Kingdom

Data Center Events in United Kingdom See all

8 events
Event Starts in Details
Today
Telecom & Networks
Tue, Oct 13 – 15 London Capacity Media
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Tomorrow
Data Center Telecom & Networks
Wed, Oct 14 London Capacity Media
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22 days
Data Center Power
Wed, Nov 4 London New Project Media
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29 days
Data Center Telecom & Networks
Wed, Nov 11 Manchester W.Media
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30 days
Data Center Investment
Thu, Nov 12 London Bisnow
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57 days
Wed, Dec 9 London Data Centre Dynamics Ltd
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148 days
Data Center Cloud
Wed, Mar 10, 2027 London Closer Still Media
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336 days
Data Center
Tue, Sep 14 – 15, 2027 London Data Centre Dynamics Ltd
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About This Metro

The United Kingdom is an island nation in northwestern Europe is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The London metro region is by far the largest data centre market in the UK and consists of several submarkets. The London Docklands
 is a network dense interconnection and peering market.Slough, 32 km to the West of London has a financial trading ecosystem.

The Next Generation Data Newport in Wales is a massive building that can scale to support up to 180 megawatts of power and 750,000 sqft of data centre space.

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