Data centre delays

More than half of data centre developers underestimate how long it will take for their projects to be connected to the grid by seven years, according to a report from energy grid specialist Roadnight Taylor.

Despite it taking three to eight years for data centres to be connected to the grid, half of industry professionals optimistically think they will achieve a connection within one to two, according to the report Powering Great Britain’s Data Centre Ambitions. The 50 leading UK data centre developers, investors and operators studied cite energy cost and pricing uncertainty (36%), technical issues during the connection process (32%) and the need for infrastructure upgrades (26%) as problems that have exacerbated delays.

See page 18 and page 20 of the November/December 2025 journal for more on data centre construction and resources
To read the full report go to b.link/RT_data

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