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Data centre market research.

Research data centre markets, power, land and infrastructure across Australia and the United Kingdom.

Data Centre Investment 5 min

Australia

Australia data centre investment: capital programmes versus delivery

Compare announced capital programmes with physical site delivery and energised capacity in Australia before submitting a capital JV enquiry.

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Artificial Intelligence 7 min

Australia

AI data centres in Australia: compute density, cooling and capacity

Evaluate operator-published Sydney compute deployments, target IT load and rack cooling criteria before submitting an AI capacity requirement.

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Sovereign AI 6 min

Australia

Sovereign AI in Australia: data location, control and governance

Assess data location, administrative control and model governance against facility evidence before submitting an Australian capacity requirement.

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Foundations 10 min

Australia

Data centres explained: the infrastructure behind AI and the cloud

What a data centre actually is, the difference between colocation, hyperscale and edge, and why power and water now decide where they get built.

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Sustainability 8 min

Australia

Sustainable data centres: PUE, renewables and the road to net zero

How operators measure efficiency, why renewable-zone siting matters, and what 'sustainable' really means for a power-hungry asset class.

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Water 6 min

Australia

Data centre water consumption: the cooling constraint nobody priced in

Why water is becoming as important as power in data centre siting, how much these facilities use, and where to find the public record.

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Foundations 9 min

Australia

Data Centre Cooling Explained: Methods and Costs

What data centre cooling is, how air, liquid and immersion cooling work, what PUE and WUE mean, and why AI is changing the way sites stay cool.

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Water 8 min

Australia

Data Centre Water Usage: How Much Water They Use

How much water data centres use, why cooling drives demand, what WUE means, and how AI is changing the picture. Plain-English, sourced guide.

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Foundations 8 min

Australia

Colocation vs Hyperscale Data Centres Explained

Colocation vs hyperscale: what each model is, who uses it, how they differ on scale, cost, control and AI readiness, plus where the two now overlap.

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Foundations 9 min

Australia

What Is an AI Data Centre? A Plain Guide

An AI data centre is a facility built for high-density GPU compute, liquid cooling and large power loads. Here is how it differs from a standard data centre.

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Sustainability 9 min

Australia

Data Centre Environmental Impact Explained

How data centres affect energy, water, carbon and land, why AI is changing the footprint, and how operators are cutting it. A neutral guide.

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AI Growth Zones 3 min

United Kingdom

UK AI growth zones: site screening, planning and grid milestones

Assess official UK AI growth zone designations, planning milestones and grid evidence before submitting a data centre campus site requirement.

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Grid Capacity 2 min

United Kingdom

Embedded capacity registers: screening UK data centre grid power

Check SSEN registers against site-specific import-power evidence and proposed Ofgem reforms before submitting a data centre site requirement.

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UK market 4 min

United Kingdom

New data centres UK: pipeline, power and capacity

Where new UK data centres are being built, who is building them, and how grid connections and planning are shaping the pipeline, with sourced figures.

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Grid 7 min

United Kingdom

West London's grid crunch, and where capacity is moving

Why new connections in parts of West London stalled, and the corridors absorbing the displaced demand.

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Clusters 6 min

United Kingdom

Slough: inside Europe's densest data centre cluster

How the Slough Trading Estate became a hyperscale magnet, and what its constraints signal for the wider market.

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AI 10 min

United Kingdom

AI data centres in the UK

Where AI capacity is actually landing in Britain, why power decides it, and how hyperscaler billions and grid reform are redrawing the map.

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Grid 9 min

United Kingdom

The UK grid connection queue and NESO reform, explained

Why hundreds of gigawatts are stuck waiting for a connection, how NESO's reform reorders the queue, and what it means for data centre developers.

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Clusters 8 min

United Kingdom

South Wales: the new UK data centre corridor

How Cardiff and Newport became Britain's most credible alternative to the constrained South East, and what is driving capacity west.

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