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New homes wait fifteen years for a connection in Europe's largest hub

development2026-08-03

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London is Europe's largest data center hub, its buildings competing with housing for power, land and water, leaving new homes waiting fifteen years for a connection as British data center demand rises tenfold to 71 TWh by 2050, while US states that courted the industry began repealing tax breaks.

Reported metric: 15-year wait / 71 TWh

Reporting date: 2026-08-03 (not necessarily the event date)

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New homes wait fifteen years for a connection in Europe's largest hub
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-08-03
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-08-03-fifteen-years-for-a-power-connection
Claim: London is Europe's largest data center hub, its buildings competing with housing for power, land and water, leaving new homes waiting fifteen years for a connection as British data center demand rises tenfold to 71 TWh by 2050, while US states that courted the industry began repealing tax breaks.
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- Welcome to August 3, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-august-3-2026
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