The DC01UK development is a big deal. From the very first news, in September 2024, it’s been getting a lot of coverage:
Plans for £3.75bn data centre and new ‘critical’ designation revealed – Joshua Stein, Construction News, 12 September 2024.
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Planning application – Land East of South Mimms Services St Albans Road South Mimms Hertfordshire – Hertsmere Planning and Building Control, 9 September 2024.
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DC01UK: Everything you need to know about the UK government-backed Hertfordshire mega-datacentre – Caroline Donnelly, Computer Weekly, 20 September 2024
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Why Amazon’s Data Centers Are Hidden in Spy Country – Ingrid Burrington, The Atlantic, 8 January 2016
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Hemiko to develop UK’s first data center waste heat network will heat more than 9,000 homes in London, Zachary Skidmore, Data Center Dynamics, 1 April, 2025
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Hertfordshire Growth Board, consortium of local authorities.
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Data centre in Hertsmere given outline permission by planning committee, Hertsmere Borough Council press release, 24 January 2025
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Outline plans for massive data centre win approval, BBC News coverage of outline planning permission, 24 January 2025.
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Microsoft’s upcoming data centers to use closed loop, zero-water evaporation design will be deployed at Phoenix and Mount Pleasant facilities from 2026, Sebastian Moss, Data Centre Dynamics,
9 December 2024.
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AI is poised to drive 160% increase in data center power demand, Goldman Sachs briefing, 14 May 2024.
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UK data centres granted Critical National Infrastructure status, Rebecca Uffindell in Techerati UK, 17 Sep 2024
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UK gov grants data centres national priority status to speed up planning permissions, Ben Wodecki, Capacity Media, 13 December 2024.
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Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, backgrounder from Local Government Association’s Planning Advisory Service.
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Come on, you can’t hide a data center! Peter Judge, Data Center Dynamics, 23 December 2016.
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Critical National Infrastructure, including list of the 13 national infrastructure sectors, UK Government National Protective Security Authority.
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DC01UK’s proposal, details from the developer, with renderings, January 2025.
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Mega UK datacenter greenlit, but we still don’t know who’s moving in: hyperscaler mystery deepens as Hertfordshire braces for bit barn blitz, Dan Robinson, The Register, 24 Jan 2025.
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Mine’s bigger than yours: Mysterious hyperscaler plans to build Europe’s largest cloud and AI data center that will suck enough electricity to power 20,000 homes, Wayne Williams, Tech Radar Pro, 2 February 2025.
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NSA’s Utah Data Center, description of US government’s secure data centre.
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Top 10: Biggest Data Centres, Amber Jackson, Data Centre Magazine, 23 October 2024.
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Council approves one of Europe’s largest data centres on green belt after finding it to be ‘grey belt’ site, Toby Porter, Planning Source, January 2025 (paywall).
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