Telehouse West Two Data Centre
London Docklands, UK · Under construction (ground broken Oct 2025), set for completion 2028 · £275 million (investment) [248, 249]
The judgement call
Account-gated at launchSignificant investment in London to expand capacity for AI and high-density workloads [248, 249]. - Commitment to green data centre principles, including 100% renewable energy [249]. - Part of Telehouse's broader strategy to maintain its position as a leading colocation provider in London [252].
Key engineering challenges
Designing and constructing a 9-storey data centre to support AI and high-density workloads [250, 251]. - Integrating two new 132kV substations to provide 33MW of power capacity [249]. - Ensuring the facility is powered by 100% renewable energy [249]. - Managing the complexities of a large-scale construction project within an existing operational data centre campus.
Project facts
- Client / owner
- Telehouse Europe (part of KDDI Corporation)
- Lead contractor
- Flynn Management and Construction [248]
- Lead designers
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- Project type
- new build
- Scale
- 34,000m² floor area, 33MW (IT load capacity), delivered through two new 132kV substations [249, 250, 251].
- Disciplines
- Electrical engineering; mechanical engineering; civil engineering; data centre architecture; network engineering.
- Standards & frameworks
- Industry best practices for high-density and AI-ready data centres.
Sources: [248] LinkedIn. Telehouse breaks ground on £275M London data centre expansion. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jon-macdonald-datacentre_datacentre-datacenter-activity-7386340611752357888-igxr (Accessed: 2026-06-10). [249] Data Centre Magazine. Telehouse Begins £275m Build for Green London Data Centre. https://datacentremagazine.com/news/telehouse-begins-275m-build-for-green-london-data-centre (Accessed: 2026-06-10). [250] Flynn. Telehouse West 2, London. https://www.flynnmc.com/projects/telehouse-west-2-london (Accessed: 2026-06-10). [251] Data Center Dynamics. Telehouse breaks ground on latest London data center. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/telehouse-breaks-ground-on-latest-london-data-center/ (Accessed: 2026-06-10). [252] Telehouse. Telehouse: We are a carrier-neutral colocation provider. https://www.telehouse.net/ (Accessed: 2026-06-10).