Sites / Pure DC Brent Cross (LON01, Building 2)
Pure DC Brent Cross (LON01, Building 2)
Pure Data Centres · proposed (reported under construction) · London Borough of Barnet
Building 2 (LON01B2, about 70 MW) of Pure DC's 90 MW Brent Cross campus, under construction (Glencar appointed for the final phase in 2026; completion reported for around Q2 2029). Operator says the campus has full planning permission and power secured for 90 MW. Held at proposed until a live Barnet planning-application URL is linked; pin nudged from Building 1.
Stated size
70 MW
IT equipment only Operator
Source: Pure DC London Brent Cross page: Building 2 (70MW) is currently under construction
Power for the computers alone, as written in planning materials. Still a stated size, not metered use. Stated size is not electricity use.
Site area
Unknown
ex-industrial / brownfield
What was here: Former industrial land, Brent Cross
Water
Not disclosed
No annual water figure in materials reviewed
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.
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23,333 kettles running at once
ⓘ Arithmetic and sources
23,333 kettles running at once (at IT equipment only; power size, not annual use)
- Nameplate 70 MW treated as continuous power for a power-to-power comparison only.
- One kettle = 3 kW.
Figure type: IT equipment only · stated
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90,844-158,978 homes' annual electricity
ⓘ Arithmetic and sources
90,844-158,978 homes' annual electricity (at 40%-70% load factor)
- Uses IT equipment only = 70 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.
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Local geography (load-factor range): about 42-74% of Barking and Dagenham's annual electricity (the lowest-consumption local authority we compare against)
ⓘ Arithmetic and sources
At 40%-70% load factor: about 42-74% of Barking and Dagenham's annual electricity (the lowest-consumption local authority we compare against) (annual electricity)
245-429 gigawatt-hours per year assumed
- Uses IT equipment only = 70 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: Water use: not disclosed
Claims on record
None recorded yet.
Disclosure checklist
- Stated size (MW): disclosed
- Water: not 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
- 2026-06: Glencar appointed for final phase (Building 2, ~70 MW) of the 90 MW campus
Sources
- Pure DC: London Brent Cross (LON01)
- GlobeNewswire: Pure DC appoints Glencar for 90 MW Brent Cross build-out
- Construction News: Glencar lands final phase of £1bn Brent Cross campus
No live planning application link recorded yet. We do not upgrade a site past “proposed” without one.
Map point: longitude -0.2337, latitude 51.5723. Last reviewed 2026-10-05.