Mine’s bigger than yours: Mysterious hyperscaler plans to build Europe’s largest cloud and AI data center that will suck enough electricity to power 20,000 homes

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  • Permission to build data center in Hertfordshire has been approved
  • Owner is likely to be a hyperscaler operator, though application was done by an obscure company
  • It is expected to draw 400MVA from the National Grid when it goes live in 2030

Who doesn’t enjoy a good whodunnit? Approval has been granted for a large data center to be built in Hertfordshire, UK, near London’s M25 motorway, but the identity of the future occupant, believed to be a major hyperscale operator (so potentially AWS, Microsoft, Google or Meta), is as yet unknown.

The planning application was submitted last year by DC01 UK Ltd, and approved by Hertsmere Borough Council shortly after the UK Government launched its AI Opportunities Action Plan, for which new AI data centers will play a major role.

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