United Kingdom: 354 data centres, 106 operators, 3,387 MW live

• 25 Aug 2026Partnership

  LINX, JPIX launch London-Tokyo network peering route

  Internet exchange operators LINX and JPIX have launched direct network routes connecting London and Tokyo, enabling European networks to peer at JPIX's Tokyo interconnection platform and access Japanese digital content. The service, priced at £400/month for 1Gbps introductory connectivity and up to 5Gbps for higher bandwidth, extends LINX's IX Connect programme and reverses an initial 2018 partnership that gave Tokyo networks London access. The route supports demand for Japanese anime, manga and gaming content among European networks and positions Tokyo as a major interconnection hub with 20+ international subsea cables.

• 24 Aug 2026Financing$34M

  DataVita secures £25M loan from OakNorth for Glasgow AI data centre expansion

  DataVita has secured a £25 million loan from OakNorth to expand its flagship data centre near Glasgow and add AI-ready capacity for customer CoreWeave. The funding supported the initial construction phase while HFD Group, DataVita's parent company, completed longer-term financing. The expansion is part of DataVita's broader rollout of AI infrastructure in Scotland, backed by contracted demand from CoreWeave under a 15-year agreement.

• 19 Aug 2026Permit filed180 MW

  Plans filed for 180 MW data center in East London, UK

  Plans have been filed for a 180 MW data center development in East London, UK.

• 14 Aug 2026Permit approved

  Data centre spanning up to 50,000 sqm gets approval for construction in west London

  A data centre spanning up to 50,000 square metres received planning approval for construction in west London, the UK.

• 13 Aug 2026Announced

  Vantage and Nebius announce AI infrastructure deployment at Newport campus

  Vantage Data Centers and Nebius announced a capacity lease agreement for high-density, NVIDIA-powered AI infrastructure at Vantage's CWL1 campus in Newport, Wales. The deployment marks the first commercial capacity commitment in the South Wales AI Growth Zone and will support AI training, inference, and enterprise workloads. The Newport facility is part of Vantage's broader multi-billion-pound South Wales investment strategy expected to deliver over 1 GW of AI-ready capacity across three sites. Nebius' UK expansion, backed by approximately £1.7 billion in committed capacity across four sites, supports the UK Government's AI Opportunities Action Plan.

• 11 Aug 2026Permit approved$625M

  Housing Secretary approves Brick Lane data centre despite unanimous local opposition

  Housing Secretary Angela Rayner approved a £500 million mixed-use redevelopment of the Truman Brewery estate on Brick Lane in east London, overriding unanimous opposition from Tower Hamlets Council, the local mayor, and nine resident groups. The scheme includes a 5,200 sq ft data centre on Grey Eagle Street, five office buildings, residential units, retail and entertainment space. The approval, granted via ministerial recovery of planning appeals, was justified partly on grounds that data centres are designated Critical National Infrastructure in the UK as of September 2024, giving them additional regulatory weight in planning decisions.

• 5 Aug 2026Regulation

  London Plan 2026 establishes first dedicated data centre siting policy

  The Mayor of London's draft London Plan 2026 introduces the first dedicated planning policy for data centres, tying future development to electricity and water capacity, clustering opportunities, waste heat recovery, and local community benefits. The GLE3 Data Centres policy requires local planning authorities to identify suitable locations based on current and projected infrastructure capacity, with development supported in principle at appropriate sites. The policy emphasizes that data centres must be clean and efficient, aligned with climate goals, and contribute local benefits through Community Infrastructure Levy provisions. The planning framework moves from land-availability-led site selection to infrastructure-capacity-led, treating data centres as part of London's strategic growth strategy alongside other major infrastructure.

• 30 Jul 2026Acquisition100 MW

  Yondr sells majority stake in Slough hyperscale campus to GLIL Infrastructure

  Yondr Group has agreed to sell a majority interest in its operational Slough hyperscale data centre campus to GLIL Infrastructure, with Yondr retaining a minority stake.

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