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Data centers are throttling home building as infrastructure struggles to keep
up with AI demands

Date:
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:35:00 +0000

Description:
Some housing projects in London have been delayed due to data center
electricity demand.

FULL STORY

Rapid data center expansion is putting pressure on the grid in London, with
electricity shortages delaying new housing developments, particularly in West
regions like Hillingdon, Hounslow, and Ealing. 

Already, some completed housing projects have been warned they may have to
wait until as long as 2037 before theyre fully connected to the grid, per a
new London report . 

This comes as tech firms continue to expand energy-intensive data centers to
deal with the growing demand for AI and cloud services, both in the UK and
internationally.

Data centers are now having a measurable impact on housing 

Data centers currently use less than 10TWh energy in the UK, of the 319TWh
total consumption, marking around 3%. However, data center electricity demand
is expected to rise to as much as 71TWh between 2025 and 2050, putting
additional strain on the grid. 

In London however, 29 known data centers account for nearly one-fifth (18%) 
of the energy. 

Today, the UK has around 450 data centers, but plans for a further 100 have
already been established, with around half of them concentrated in and around
London. 

According to reports, the National Grid is working to add 7GW of power to 
West London by 2037, but businesses and data center operators argue this is
too slow. 

Its not just in the UK that data centers are having an impact on grids. Last
year, Irelands data centers accounted for 21% of its entire electricity 
supply (per The Guardian )  more than all urban homes combined. 

A separate Ember Energy report anticipates a 150% rise in data center
electricity demand between 2024 and 2035 in Europe. 

The statistics show that data centers consumed 33-42% of the electricity in
Amsterdam, London, and Frankfurt - as well as much as 80% of Dublins supply. 

Some recommendations include having a separate planning policy for data
centers, requiring that campuses feed back to the community with schemed like
heat-network recovery systems, and implement additional protective measure 
for low-income households. 

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/data-centers-are-throttling-home-building-as-inf
rastructure-struggles-to-keep-up-with-ai-demands

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