Data center campus
Nscale Loughton AI Data Centre (Langston Road, Essex)
Nscale Loughton AI Data Centre is an AI data center campus developed by Nscale in Essex, Loughton. 0.09 GW of capacity has been announced; none is energized yet. The gap is what this page tracks: what is claimed versus what is actually built, each figure dated and sourced.
Permitted · Nscale · other · Loughton, Essex, United Kingdom
Capacity: announced vs energized
Announced-to-energized gap: 0.09 GW. Every figure below is a single dated, sourced claim. Current best per series resolves by evidence tier, then date. See the methodology.
Promised online: 2027. 15 months away. Claimed by Nscale / journalist report (source).
| Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | 0.09 GW | 2026-07-01 | reported | journalist report |
| Announced | 0.05 GW | 2025-06-01 | claimed | press release |
Key facts
Reported facts
Structured facts sourced from citations already on this record. Each fact traces to a source in the References section below.
- Grid connection early-to-mid 2030s (reported, Sep 2026)
- Reported (reported; also Data Centre Review): The Guardian (Sep 24 2026) says UK Power Networks has reportedly told Nscale the Loughton, Essex site will not get sufficient grid power until the early to mid-2030s, jeopardizing the planned 2027 debut of the ~£2bn / up to 90 MW AI data centre. Nscale said it remains committed and is investigating on-site generation and ways to accelerate connection. Cap: reported via Guardian citing Morning Intelligence and UKPN non-comment on individual projects; not a Nscale press release
- Bloom Energy solid-oxide fuel cells talks (reported, Jul 2026)
- Reported (reported; digest amplify X): Data Centre Review (Jul 14 2026) says Nscale has held talks with Bloom Energy over solid-oxide fuel cells (natural gas) as bridge power while waiting for the 90 MW grid connection. Project framed as 50 MW AI/HPC scalable to 90 MW, previously cited for up to ~45,000 NVIDIA GB200 GPUs. Cap: trade press reporting of talks, not a signed offtake or Nscale confirmation of fuel-cell deployment
On the data center map
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- Announced capex
- $2.5B
- Cooling
- advanced liquid cooling
- Grid
- other · reported early-to-mid 2030s grid connection (Guardian Sep 2026)
- GPUs
- 45K up to 45,000 NVIDIA GB200 GPUs
- Tenant
- Microsoft
- Cost per MW
- $28M/MW
Every figure is one row in the ledger below with its source. Derived rows are pure arithmetic on the rows above (not new claims). Absent lines mean the fact isn't on record yet.
In clusterEssex(3)
The deal
Power
- Power source
- mixed
- Grid operator
- other
- Interconnection
- reported early-to-mid 2030s grid connection (Guardian Sep 2026)
Bloom Energy solid oxide fuel cells (bridging power), other, Rumored. Being explored to bridge delayed grid connection
Why here
Nscale Loughton AI Data Centre is in Essex, Loughton. It connects to the other grid, draws on mixed power, interconnection is reported early-to-mid 2030s grid connection (Guardian Sep 2026). This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.
Financial structure
- Essex site investment (~GBP 2bn)
- $2.5B journalist report
Regulatory paper trail
The filings and rules on record for this site and its jurisdiction, most recent first. Each is a sourced, dated artifact you can follow to the primary document.
Investment, workforce and specs
- Cooling
- advanced liquid cooling source
Estimated compute: the claimed up to 45,000 NVIDIA GB200 GPUs chips are on the order of 30x the compute used to train a GPT-4-class model. Derived from the chip-count claim, not measured (basis).
Timeline
- Aug 2026party linkeddeveloper: linked externalName "Nscale" to company nscale
- Oct 2026Current: Permitted
Sources
- AI hyperscaler Nscale to invest GBP 2 billion in the UK data centre industry
- Nscale's GBP 2bn Essex data centre hit by grid delays
- Nscale UK AI infrastructure announcement
- Nscale Microsoft GB300 contract
- Launch of UK's 'largest AI supercomputer' delayed by power supply problems · The Guardian
- Nscale Essex grid vs 2027 / gas fuel cells (secondary) · X (@thecapitalatlas)
d3cda073-801d-42aa-a78d-1c88b0795b13 · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Every term is defined in the glossary. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.
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DEPLOY. (2026). Nscale Loughton AI Data Centre (Langston Road, Essex): AI data center campus record. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/nscale-loughton-essex
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