Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is UK data centre capacity, as measured in megawatts, by region.

The Government has not collected figures on the growth of data centre capacity but has monitored the market periodically and through industry engagement. Other sources for this historical data are available, through Tech UK or CBRE's market outlooks for example.

The Government’s estimate, of the UK’s data centre capacity, defined as the maximum rated IT load of colocation data centres, is broken down by region in a table below. This is estimated as of Autumn 2024.

Total 1.6 GW