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Ada Infrastructure Docklands campus

Ada Infrastructure (GLP Capital Partners) · proposed (reported under construction) · London Borough of Newham

210 MW campus (three 70 MW halls plus multi-function building) on the former Allnex paint factory site, West Silvertown / Royal Docks. Newham approval and reserved-matters progress reported 2024–2025; groundbreaking reported February 2026. Listed as proposed until a lasting Newham Public Access case URL (not only a reference number) is linked.

Stated size

210 MW

biggest size stated for this site Operator

Source: Ada Infrastructure: 210 MW Docklands campus

The largest megawatt figure on the public record for this one site (planning docs or operator materials). It may include stages that are not built yet. Not everyday electricity use; the source sits with the number. Stated size is not electricity use.

Site area

Unknown

ex-industrial / brownfield

What was here: Former Allnex / paint factory, West Silvertown (vacant)

Water

Zero

litres/year · operator claim Operator

Ada Infrastructure (GLP Capital Partners) claims cooling eliminates water use. That is their claim, not a metered reading.

Equivalences

No operator on this map discloses expected load factor (the share of peak power used on average), so yearly electricity figures are shown as a range, not as a known total.

70,000 kettles running at once
ⓘ Arithmetic and sources

70,000 kettles running at once (at biggest size stated for this site; power size, not annual use)
- Nameplate 210 MW treated as continuous power for a power-to-power comparison only.
- One kettle = 3 kW.
Figure type: biggest size stated for this site · stated
272,533-476,933 homes' annual electricity
ⓘ Arithmetic and sources

272,533-476,933 homes' annual electricity (at 40%-70% load factor)
- Uses biggest size stated for this site = 210 MW.
- Assumed average load = nameplate × 40%-70%.
- Home use = 2700 kilowatt-hours/year.
- No operator discloses load factor; this is a bound, not a measurement.
Local geography (load-factor range): about 1.3-2.2× Barking and Dagenham's annual electricity (the lowest-consumption local authority we compare against)
ⓘ Arithmetic and sources

At 40%-70% load factor: about 1.3-2.2× Barking and Dagenham's annual electricity (the lowest-consumption local authority we compare against) (annual electricity)

736-1,288 gigawatt-hours per year assumed
- Uses biggest size stated for this site = 210 MW.
- Energy = MW × 8760 h × load factor / 1000 → GWh/year.
- Compared to Department for Energy Security and Net Zero local-authority total metered electricity (all sectors).
- No operator discloses load factor; this is a bound, not a measurement.
Water: Operator claims zero water use (closed-loop cooling; not independently verified)
ⓘ Arithmetic and sources
- Recorded as 0 litres/year because the operator claims water use is eliminated.
- This is a stated claim, not a metered figure.

Cooling

Air and liquid cooling without water evaporation; district-heat interconnection provisions stated Operator

Claims on record

None recorded yet.

Disclosure checklist

Stated size (MW): disclosed
Water: disclosed
Power usage effectiveness (PUE): not disclosed
Energy source claim: none on record
Load factor: not disclosed

Plain checklist, no aggregate score.

Right of reply

Right of reply: open; no response received. Email marco@prismaticlabs.ai. Subject is prefilled. Or see methodology.

Timeline

2024-06: Resolution to grant / approval for Docklands campus reported (Newham Strategic Development Committee)
2024-12: Reserved matters / detailed permissions progress reported; RMA 24/02660/REM cited for multi-function building
2026-02-26: Groundbreaking reported for first 70 MW building

Sources

Planning application reference on record: 24/02660/REM. Link to the live council page not yet verified.

Map point: longitude 0.01725, latitude 51.50328. Last reviewed 2026-07-20.