LIVE … lattes of Big Tech capex so far today LIVE … GWh used by the world's data centres today SLOUGH 65% of the town's electricity goes to data centres GB GRID 50.8 GW of data centres in the connection queue CAPEX $720–745bn Big Four spend guided for 2026 HYPERSCALE 1,136 worldwide, up from 430 in 2018 PIPELINE 504 more hyperscale sites planned UK ~100 new data centres could be built in 5 years 2030 945 TWh world data centre demand forecast, IEA LOUISIANA 5 GW Meta's planned Hyperion campus WATER 155bn glasses: Google's 2024 consumption MAPPED 4,004 data centre sites from open data

LIVE … lattes of Big Tech capex so far today LIVE … GWh used by the world's data centres today SLOUGH 65% of the town's electricity goes to data centres GB GRID 50.8 GW of data centres in the connection queue CAPEX $720–745bn Big Four spend guided for 2026 HYPERSCALE 1,136 worldwide, up from 430 in 2018 PIPELINE 504 more hyperscale sites planned UK ~100 new data centres could be built in 5 years 2030 945 TWh world data centre demand forecast, IEA LOUISIANA 5 GW Meta's planned Hyperion campus WATER 155bn glasses: Google's 2024 consumption MAPPED 4,004 data centre sites from open data

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UK AI Growth Zones, mapped

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