SABOT
Know where they are

The data centres

Hundreds of these are already sat on UK land, most of them nowhere near where the decision to build them got made.

There are 568 data centres logged across the UK right now, spread over 84 different areas. London carries the most by a long way, but they're spreading out fast, including plenty close to home in the North West.

London — 222
Manchester — 28
Cardiff — 23
Edinburgh — 18
Birmingham — 19
Leeds — 15
Cambridge — 15
Glasgow — 12
Liverpool — 6
Blackpool — 2
Warrington — 1
Chester — 1

Figures pulled from Data Center Map, an independent listing site, current as of when this page was put together. It's not us running that tracker and we can't vouch for every entry, but it's the clearest public picture going. Have a look yourself and see what's near you.

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This page is for public awareness, working out where the land, water and power is going and holding that up to the light. It's not a target list. If a site near you is going through planning, the action page has how to actually object to it properly.
Stencil art of the UK filled with dot markers like a radar screen
Every one of these took someone's land, someone's water, someone's power.

See one going up near you, or already causing bother locally? That's exactly the kind of thing worth organising around.

See the plan of action