Global Switch London North Data Centre
London Docklands (240 East India Dock Road, E14 9YY), UK · Opened 1999
The judgement call
Account-gated at launchStrategic location in London Docklands, a critical hub for internet exchange and connectivity [245]. - Early establishment as a large-scale, carrier-neutral data centre, attracting a wide range of clients [243]. - Focus on sustainability and energy efficiency, including the use of liquid cooling to cut energy use [246, 247].
Key engineering challenges
Delivering sustainable, resilient, and secure digital infrastructure [244]. - Managing large-scale colocation for carriers and enterprises. - Integrating with Europe's densest fibre network cluster [245]. - Adapting to evolving power and cooling demands, including liquid cooling for AI and HPC workloads [246, 247].
Project facts
- Client / owner
- Global Switch
- Lead contractor
- —
- Lead designers
- —
- Project type
- new build; upgrade
- Scale
- Large-scale facility, almost adjacent to Telehouse in East India Dock, a key hub for connectivity [243].
- Disciplines
- Electrical engineering; mechanical engineering; civil engineering; data centre architecture; network engineering.
- Standards & frameworks
- Industry best practices for large-scale, carrier-neutral data centres.
Sources: [243] Colo-X. Global Switch London North - Data centre. https://www.colo-x.com/data-centre/global-switch-london-north/ (Accessed: 2026-06-10). [244] Global Switch. Global Switch | Large‑Scale, Carrier‑Neutral Data Centres. https://www.globalswitch.com/ (Accessed: 2026-06-10). [245] Global Switch. London. https://www.globalswitch.com/data-centres/london/ (Accessed: 2026-06-10). [246] Data Centre Magazine. Global Switch Showcases Liquid Cooling at London Data. https://datacentremagazine.com/data-centres/global-switch-showcases-liquid-cooling-at-london-data-centre (Accessed: 2026-06-10). [247] Energy Digital. How Global Switch Cuts Energy Use in Data Centre Cooling. https://energydigital.com/articles/how-global-switch-uses-liquid-cooling-to-cut-data-centenergy (Accessed: 2026-06-10).