Data Centre Series: UK Investment and Development Conference
Thu Apr 23, 2026
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
£149.00
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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
Breaking Ground: Development, Land Constraints and Scaling Strategies
Overcoming land shortages and planning challenges, construction speed, and cost inflation to meet record demand
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
Neil McDonagh
Dr. Anna Dowson
Nicholas Holz
Rupert Lugg
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: Ground Floor Coffee & Dining Lounge
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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