United Kingdom

Where a data center can connect in Great Britain, how hard the network already works and how much power existing data centers actually draw. Four analyses built from the network operators’ open data and Azraq’s sites database, refreshed daily. Each market card shows its top Connectability Score, a 0 to 100 screen of how easily a load could connect.

Grid Capacity

Deliverable demand capacity at GB substations, capped by grid supply point limits, with data center sites, planning, flood, cooling and connectivity context.

30.5 GWdeliverable across 11 licence areas

Power & Connectivity

Deliverable grid capacity against distance to Britain’s internet exchanges, with a power and fibre shortlist and remote training candidates.

30.5 GWdeliverable, substation groups counted once

Data Center Load Profiles

How much of their agreed capacity UK data centers draw: quarterly trend, daily profile and spikes, with a page per anonymised site.

21.4%mean utilisation, 96 sites

Network Utilisation

How hard distribution transformers already work: peak load trends, stretched substations and forecast overloads across three networks.

3networks: UK Power Networks, SP Energy Networks, Northern Powergrid

Live Outages

Planned and unplanned power cuts right now across the networks that publish a live feed, refreshed every five minutes.

LiveUK Power Networks, Northern Powergrid, SSEN

Scotland

Where Britain’s wind is generated and its grid is least congested: SSEN and SP Energy Networks headroom north of the border with Azraq data center sites on top, and Scottish news with tags and sentiment.

SSENnorth Scotland and the islands, SP Energy Networks in the south