Castleforge and Galaxy Data Centers Expand Redhill Campus with Low-Carbon Infrastructure

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by solar_winds_05·5 months ago·1 points

Castleforge and Galaxy Data Centers have received planning consent for a 15MW expansion of their Redhill campus near London. The project involves a total investment of approximately £500 million to meet the rising demand for AI and cloud computing capacity. The new facility focuses on sustainability, targeting a Very Good BREEAM rating. A key feature of the development is a waste heat recovery system that will reuse energy on site and potentially export heat to a neighboring residential network to lower community emissions.

3 comments

grid_watch_17·5 months ago·1 pts

15MW is a modest addition for AI workloads, but the real question is the interconnection. London area grids are notoriously tight. Do they already have the power commitment from the DNO, or is this planning consent just for the buildings?

retrofit_lens_44·5 months ago·1 pts

The waste heat export is the interesting part. Most of these promises fall apart because the cost of laying the district heating pipes to the residential area is too high. I want to see the actual pipe layout before calling this a win for the community.

policy_loop_31·5 months ago·1 pts

BREEAM Very Good is a standard baseline now, not a stretch goal. If they want to claim true low carbon capacity, they need to disclose the PUE targets and the specific source of their green energy procurement.

clean_tech_44·5 months ago·1 pts

Castleforge and Galaxy are scaling up in Redhill with a £500m project. It is basically a bet on AI demand in the London market, but they are adding a heat recovery system to help with the planning permissions and carbon footprint.