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Global Switch London
Global Switch
London, LondonOperational Verified
Long-established operational facility. Verified through the Environment Agency permit; original borough consents not traced.
Key facts
- Operator / developer
- Global Switch
- Location
- 240 East India Dock Road, London, E14 9YY, London, United Kingdom
- Status
- Operational
- Facility type
- Data centre
- AI relevance
- Not stated
Power & grid
- Published capacity
- 87 MW — Reported capacity, definition not publishedA megawatt figure was reported but the source does not define what it measures, so it is excluded from every total.
- Power
- Global Switch states 87 MW for its London East site on its own corporate pages. The publisher does not say whether this is IT load, total electrical demand or built-out capacity, so the figure is shown here but excluded from every total.
- Backup fuel
- Diesel
- On-site generation
- London North: 6 diesel generators + 3 DRUPS (32 MWth). London East: 37 DRUPS units (159 MWth). 191 MWth in total, 642,000 litres of diesel stored underground (EA decision document, 2019).
Planning
- Planning reference
- EPR/BP3530YR/A001 (environmental permit)
- Planning decision
- Environmental permit issued
- Decision date
- 28 June 2019
Benefits vs drawbacks
Drawbacks
- 191 MWth of diesel standby plant across two buildingsSource
Timeline
Environment Agency issued an environmental permit (EPR/BP3530YR/A001).
Source
Sources
- E14 9YY, Global Switch Limited: environmental permit issued
Primary record · Environment Agency · 2019-06-28 · accessed 2026-08-12
- E14 9YY, Global Switch Limited: environmental permit issued
Secondary source · Environment Agency · 2019-06-28
- Global Switch London East site page
Secondary source · Global Switch
- CoreWeave launches first two UK data center locations
Secondary source · DatacenterDynamics (secondary)
- Decision document, Global Switch Limited (EPR/BP3530YR/A001)
Secondary source · Environment Agency
Last verified
18 August 2026
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