AI Growth Zone Impact Calculator
Estimate the electricity demand, jobs and infrastructure investment created by a proposed AI growth zone or data centre capacity in a UK region.
Important: These tools provide educational estimates only. Actual AI electricity use varies by model, data centre, cooling system, hardware, location and workload. Do not use these results as official energy, planning, investment or engineering advice.
Proposed development
Plain English summary
A 100 MW build in London & South East could draw about 613.2 GWh per year — equivalent to 227,111.1 UK homes — while supporting around 400 jobs and roughly £1,100,000,000.00 of capital investment.
How This Calculator Works
Annual demand = capacity (MW) × 1,000 × 8,760 hours × a 70% load factor. Jobs and investment use per-MW factors that vary with project size (≈4–6 jobs/MW and ≈£8–11m/MW).
What The Result Means
These figures help compare the scale of a proposal — its demand footprint against local homes, plus the economic upside in jobs and investment.
Limitations
Job and investment factors are indicative; real outcomes depend on design, automation and local supply chains.
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