Global Switch London South Data Centre
London Docklands (Nutmeg Lane, E14 2AX), UK · Announced Feb 2024, completion in 2027 (for 35MW facility)
The judgement call
Account-gated at launchStrategic expansion within the London Docklands campus to meet growing demand [274, 276]. - Focus on high power density and liquid cooling to support advanced workloads like AI [275, 278]. - Commitment to sustainability and efficient power usage.
Key engineering challenges
Designing and building a 40MW data centre with high power density [276]. - Incorporating liquid cooling optionality for high-performance computing and AI workloads [275, 278]. - Ensuring scalability and flexibility for future demands. - Delivering a large-scale facility within an existing campus.
Project facts
- Client / owner
- Global Switch
- Lead contractor
- —
- Lead designers
- NDY (Norman Disney & Young) [275].
- Project type
- new build
- Scale
- 40MW (planned), 27,000 sqm (290,625 sq ft) across five floors. Standard power density from 3,000W/m2 to >5,000W/m2 with liquid cooling optionality [275, 276, 277].
- Disciplines
- Electrical engineering; mechanical engineering; civil engineering; data centre architecture; network engineering.
- Standards & frameworks
- Industry best practices for large-scale, carrier-neutral data centres.
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