Digital Realty London LHR17 — West Drayton Data Center

Digital Realty London LHR17 is a data center operated by Digital Realty in West Drayton, Middlesex, GB. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the London data-center market on the NGESO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 201.6-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
West Drayton
State
Middlesex
Country
GB

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for London — the market this facility sits in.

Full DCPI breakdown →

Market context

DC Hub analyst read on London — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

London's data center market is operationally mature but severely constrained for new capacity. The tracked estate spans 916 MW across 462 facilities, with Digital Realty 20 facilities, Equinix 17, and DataBank 16 anchoring the supply. The market has attracted recent brownfield redevelopment interest—Kao Data acquired a West London site for development, and planning approval was granted for a 50,000 sqm facility targeting 48 MW of IT load. However, the DCPI metrics reveal why growth capital remains cautious: excess-power stands at just 16/100, paired with a constraint score of 77/100, creating a structural mismatch between available grid capacity and buildable space. The AVOID verdict is unambiguous for acquisition-focused investors. A constraint score of 77/100 signals that grid infrastructure and planning headroom represent genuine bottlenecks—not theoretical risks. The excess-power…

Location

Area West Drayton, Middlesex, GB

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketLondon
Grid operatorNGESO
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power201.6 months
LocationWest Drayton, GB

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Digital Realty London LHR17 in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.

ClaranetCogent Communications, Inc.Digital Realty United KingdomForcepoint CloudGTT Communications (AS3257)Gigastream plcHyperLXC MedicalIndigo Integrated SolutionsNTT DATA, IS, South AfricaNasstar SPNNominum, Inc. EuropePacswitch Global Telecom Limited

Further networks are recorded at this location beyond those listed here.

Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 85 operating generating units totalling 2,104 MW within about 50 km of West Drayton, GB. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas1,388 MW · 7 units · 66%
Utility-Scale Solar372 MW · 62 units · 18%
Bioenergy327 MW · 10 units · 16%
Wind16 MW · 6 units · 1%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

Other data centers nearby

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
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