Digital Realty The Chess Building

The Chess Building is a data center operated by Digital Realty in Watford, GB. It carries a reported power capacity of 14.0 MW and is currently operational.

Power
14.0 MW
Status
Operational
Market
London
City
Watford
Country
GB

Source: OpenStreetMap · As of: · Basis: cited (what this means)

Market intelligence

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London

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Market context

In the London market on the NGESO grid, Digital Realty The Chess Building’s 14 MW is about 2% of the 916 MW DC Hub’s brief counts there. The closest tracked facility is Elstree Customer Hosting Centre, about 10 km away. Read the London market brief →

Location

Area Watford, GB

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

LocationWatford, GB
Reported capacity14.0 MW

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 99 operating generating units totalling 2,428 MW within about 50 km of Watford, GB. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas1,388 MW · 7 units · 57%
Utility-Scale Solar586 MW · 68 units · 24%
Bioenergy409 MW · 13 units · 17%
Wind44 MW · 11 units · 2%

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

Other data centers nearby

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