London still dominates Britain's datacenter map, but the regions are powering up
It puts their combined IT capacity at about 1.6 GW.By facility count, that would put Blighty second only to the US, although there is a considerable gap between the two. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); The study data was compiled by Karas Plating, a UK-based specialist in electroplating and surface coatings for critical electrical components and power distribution systems. This adds up to 1,048 MW, or two-thirds of the country's entire datacenter compute capacity.
- ▪It puts their combined IT capacity at about 1.6 GW.By facility count, that would put Blighty second only to the US, although there is a considerable gap between the two.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); The study data was compiled by Karas Plating, a UK-based specialist in electroplating and surface coatings for critical electrical components
- ▪This adds up to 1,048 MW, or two-thirds of the country's entire datacenter compute capacity.
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