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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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