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EUROPE ’ S LARGEST CLOUD AND AI DATA CENTRE GETS APPROVED
bid to build Europe ’ s largest cloud and AI data centre has
A been backed by planners in Hertfordshire , UK .
The £ 3.75 billion DC01UK facility gets a green light just one week after the UK Government launched its AI Opportunities Action Plan outlining the economic growth opportunities presented by the AI revolution , in which new data centres will play a pivotal role .
DC01UK , when built , will be Europe ’ s largest cloud and AI data centre – with up to two million square feet of space .
The location of the data centre brings together the key pillars needed to fulfil the existing cloud shortfall and cater for the large increase in demand expected in future years – this includes a power reservation of 400MVA from UK ’ s National Grid .
Economic projections estimate the construction value of the project at £ 3.75 billion with a year-round generation of £ 21.4 million in business rates once the data centre is operational .
The positive economic impact of the data centre would also see the creation of 500 skilled on-site jobs during the construction phase , 200 permanent , skilled jobs once up and running and a further 13,740 indirect jobs , 10,900 of which would be in the UK ’ s Southeast .
DC01UK is also estimated to generate approximately £ 1.1 billion per annum GVA ( Gross Value Added ) indirectly per year .
The landscape-led scheme is set in 85 acres of grounds , 54 % of which will be retained as green , open space , with a 10 % net biodiversity gain .
The Gaia-X development project Tellus has successfully completed its implementation phase , marking a major step forward in automated interconnection for distributed cloud environments . Led by Internet Exchange operator DE-CIX , the project has developed a prototype infrastructure that provides fully automated , virtual access to networks for real-time , sensitive applications across multiple cloud providers .
Tellus streamlines interconnection by automating service integration , eliminating the need for businesses to manually combine networking components and services from multiple providers . This open-source platform ensures seamless connectivity while meeting Gaia-X compliance .
During its final phase , Tellus implemented a controller and service registry , which function as core elements of a supernode architecture . The controller provisions network and cloud services via APIs , while the registry stores and organises services using a graph database .
In a proof-of-concept ( PoC ) demo , the platform enabled realtime transmission of hand movements to a robot via a smart glove and ensured low-latency connectivity for a digital twin from IONOS . The system also supported TRUMPF ’ s automated laser cutting tools , optimising production .
TELLUS PROJECT COMPLETES IMPLEMENTATION PHASE , ADVANCING GAIA-X INTERCONNECTION
“ Since Tellus registers the products of all participants in a standardised way . . . interconnection services can be composed end-to-end via a weighted path search ,” said Christoph Dietzel , Head of Product and Research , DE-CIX .
The project marks a major milestone in secure , sovereign , and collaborative data processing . �
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