Green UK has 400GW of stagnant data center requests, 60-70% “never happen” – what about Watt?

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How long does it take for UK data center entrepreneurs to get tired of waiting?

London has 400 GW grid request holding data center build

Ofgem's regulator claims

and Robinson
Monday October 10, 2025 // 10:28 UTC

Although the UK government wants to build a turbocharged data center, the newly released report says there are already 400 GW of connections to the power grid around London, and OFGEM's regulator estimates that 60-70% of this will never happen.

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These figures come from the EMEA data center market update for H2 2024 published by Biz Cushman & Wakefield, a global commercial real estate, and illustrate the challenges facing data center developers.

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In addition to power constraints, Cushman & Wakefield highlights many other hurdles facing data center builders across the EMEA region: limited land availability and strict sustainability regulations, all relying on these obstacles, which rely on costs and projects. schedule.

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Read more: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/london_has_400_gw_of/?td=rt-3a

I wonder why Britain has such a short-lived energy? Has nothing to do with useless renewable energy wasting cash and preventing real energy from developing, right?

This is not an opportunity to wait for.

Britain either takes action and embraces participating in the Information Age Industrial Revolution, leveraging Britain's talent concentration to provide endless cheap, reliable energy information for the needs of age entrepreneurs, or Britain gradually falls into the ranking of the global economy and becomes a country. An unimportant return water outside the mainstream of the global economy.

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