Getronics, The Babbage Centre is a data center operated by Getronics N.V. in Runcorn, GB. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Manchester data-center market on the NGESO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 134.4-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Manchester — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Manchester — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Manchester operates a fragmented 18 MW footprint across 80 facilities, dominated by Equinix's 8-site presence but characterized by thin capacity density and acute grid stress. The market's largest single operator commands less than half the tracked MW, indicating no consolidated platform and high operator fragmentation. Recent activity—including an Equinix-occupied facility changing hands to a new landlord and a proposed edge data center for AI workloads—signals underlying asset churn despite modest scale. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is decisive and unambiguous for acquisition-focused capital. The excess-power score of 20/100 signals severe grid headroom scarcity; paired with a constraint score of 70/100, the market presents a dual penalty structure where both incremental load capacity and existing infrastructure strain limit expansion economics. Operators seeking to deploy additional…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Getronics, The Babbage Centre 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.
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.
DC Hub tracks 96 operating generating units totalling 4,944 MW within about 50 km of Runcorn, GB. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
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