The Horizon Centre

The Horizon Centre is a data center in Kettering, Northamptonshire, 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
Kettering
State
Northamptonshire
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 Kettering, Northamptonshire, 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
LocationKettering, GB

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 161 operating generating units totalling 3,846 MW within about 50 km of Kettering, GB. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas2,381 MW · 8 units · 62%
Utility-Scale Solar953 MW · 107 units · 25%
Wind438 MW · 42 units · 11%
Bioenergy74 MW · 4 units · 2%

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

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