Data Centre Series: UK Investment and Development Conference
Delivering Resilient, Scalable Capacity in an Era of Explosive Digital Demand, Power Scarcity and Planning Constraints
To Be Held In London
Event Ended On: Thursday April 23 2026
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Event Host
etc.venues Prospero House
etc.venues Prospero House is located near London Bridge, Borough Market, and directly opposite Borough Station. The venue features a ground-level entrance and comprises 24 unique meeting rooms across three floors and approximately 29,000 square-feet. With the largest room able to accommodate up to 300 guests, it is ideal for public sector conferences and events, corporate trainings, internal meetings, and graduate programmes.
The venue is equipped with state-of-the-art AV, plasma screens and superfast wifi and includes all the little touches that help make your event a breeze, such as flip charts and delegate stationery. An event team is on hand to ensure your event runs smoothly, and our in-house chefs produce freshly prepared lunches, breakfasts and all-day snacks. Its fantastic location, opposite Borough tube station and a short walk from London Bridge and trendy Borough Market, means its ideally suited for clients both North and South of the river.
Speakers and Panels
State of the Market: The UK Data Centre Gold Rush
How AI, hyperscalers, and surging demand are redefining investment in the UK data centre real estate market
Paul Lewis
Dave Newitt
Aijamal Bakitbek
Breaking Ground: Development, Land Constraints and Scaling Strategies
Overcoming land shortages and planning challenges, construction speed, and cost inflation to meet record demand
Matteo Colombo
Sarah Wilkinson
Ash Curzon
Andy Macfarlane
Inside the Machine: Operations, Future-Proofing and Sustainability in UK Data Centres
From uptime and resilience to talent, automation and tenant expectations in a maturing UK market
The Power Playbook: Energy, Renewables and the Future of Capacity
Navigating the UK's energy bottleneck while building a sustainable data centre future
Why You Can't Miss This Data Centres Event
What You’ll Learn:
- How to deploy capital into data centre assets amid record demand, rising land prices, and power grid constraints
- Where the next wave of development is happening, from outer London to emerging regional hubs
- Strategies developers are using to overcome land scarcity, planning hurdles and construction bottlenecks in high-barrier markets
- How to future-proof data centre assets through energy-efficient design, renewable integration, and scalable infrastructure
- Insights into power procurement, sustainability compliance, and innovations in cooling, on-site generation, and environmental risk management
- Real-world case studies from developers and occupiers navigating the UK’s land, power, and planning pressures
How You’ll Do More Business: Gain direct access to the decision-makers shaping the UK’s digital infrastructure market. You’ll leave with a competitive edge in site sourcing, deal structuring and project execution, plus deeper insight into how to secure power, unlock constrained land, and align with tenant and investor priorities in a fast-moving, capital-intensive sector.
Related Articles And Developments:
- Planning consent secured by L&G, Goldacre, and sineQN for £750m hyperscale data centre investment in Newham, London
- SWI Group expands European hyperscale strategy with fifth data centre
- 330MW data center campus proposed in Cambridgeshire, UK
- Ark Data Centres' campus extension approved by local authorities in Wiltshire, UK
- Why is Slough full of data centres?
- One Week, £10B Of Data Centre Deals In The UK
- UK's Home Office seeks data center managing partner for £102m contract
- 500MW data center campus planned in Somerset, UK
Who You'll Meet: Owners, providers, brokers, contractors, directors of operations, investors, engineers, lawyers, CEOs and vice presidents of design and construction.
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Venue
etc.venues Prospero House
241 Borough High St
London SE1 1GA
Function Room: Smile Restaurant
Agenda
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1:00 PM 1:55 PM |
Registration and Networking
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1:55 PM 2:00 PM |
Welcome From Bisnow!
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2:00 PM 2:45 PM |
State of the Market: The UK Data Centre Gold Rush
- How AI and hyperscalers demand are accelerating investment activity across UK data centre real estate
- Explore who’s deploying capital today, and how underwriting, partnership models and platform strategies are evolving
- How investors are assessing power, planning, land costs, vacancy and deal activity in 2026
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2:45 PM 3:30 PM |
Breaking Ground: Development, Land Constraints and Scaling Strategies
- Where new UK data centre sites are emerging as land tightens for established hubs
- What makes a site viable in 2026: grid access, fibre, planning and pre-lets
- How developers are managing timelines, costs, conversions and council engagement
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3:30 PM 4:00 PM |
Networking Break
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4:00 PM 4:45 PM |
Inside the Machine: Operations, Future-Proofing and Sustainability in UK Data Centres
- Resilience design, redundancy standards and uptime guarantees as operators face tougher tenant expectations and increasing external grid volatility
- Operating for AI: density, cooling, maintenance and cost trade-offs
- Exploring talent gaps, automation, and tenant transparency demands on energy usage, incident reporting and service levels
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4:45 PM 5:30 PM |
The Power Playbook: Energy, Renewables and the Future of Capacity
- How power availability is shaping UK data centre growth and location strategy
- Securing supply through grid planning, on-site generation, storage and PPAs
- Balancing expansion with cost, cooling impacts, policy and community scrutiny
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5:30 PM 6:30 PM |
Networking and Drinks Reception
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