Sites / Truman Brewery data centre (Grey Eagle Street)

Truman Brewery data centre (Grey Eagle Street)

Truman Estates / Grow Places (reported) · approved · London Borough of Tower Hamlets

About 5,200 m² Use Class B8 data centre at Grey Eagle Street / Calvin Street within the Truman Brewery complex, Brick Lane. Tower Hamlets refused / would have refused at committee; the appeals were recovered for the Secretary of State, who allowed them on 29 July 2026 (Minister Matthew Pennycook on behalf of the SoS), granting planning permission. Press cites about 4–5.2 MW peak. Local opposition gathered 3,600+ signatures.

Stated size

4 MW

biggest size stated for this site Operator

Source: Press reporting of Grow Places / Truman scheme power need (about 4 MW); some reporting cites about 5.2 MW peak

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: Derelict brewery storage buildings, Brick Lane Conservation Area

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.

1,333 kettles running at once
ⓘ Arithmetic and sources

1,333 kettles running at once (at biggest size stated for this site; power size, not annual use)
- Nameplate 4 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
5,191-9,084 homes' annual electricity
ⓘ Arithmetic and sources

5,191-9,084 homes' annual electricity (at 40%-70% load factor)
- Uses biggest size stated for this site = 4 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 2-4% of Barking and Dagenham's annual electricity (the lowest-consumption local authority we compare against)
ⓘ Arithmetic and sources

At 40%-70% load factor: about 2-4% of Barking and Dagenham's annual electricity (the lowest-consumption local authority we compare against) (annual electricity)

14-25 gigawatt-hours per year assumed
- Uses biggest size stated for this site = 4 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

2024-08: PA/24/01450 validated (Grey Eagle Street data centre)
2025-07-31: Strategic Development Committee: would have refused if determining (non-determination appeal)
2025-10: Secretary of State call-in of Truman Brewery appeals reported
2026-07-29: Secretary of State allows recovered appeals (Truman Brewery sites, incl. Grey Eagle Street B8 data centre PA/24/01450)

Controversies / contested procedure

Large local opposition and petitions; conflict framed as housing need vs data centre / estate redevelopment in Banglatown / Brick Lane

Source · campaign source

Sources

Planning application PA/24/01450: live portal

Map point: longitude -0.073, latitude 51.52. Last reviewed 2026-08-07.