Entire UK neighborhoods can no longer host new buildings. This means that the permit for the construction of new houses – but also of new offices – will suffer a major setback, with important consequences for the prices of the real estate market. The fault of the data center.
The problem affects an increasing number of medium-sized and large cities, but is mainly focused on London, home to some of the largest and most important data centers in the world. It’s very simple: a data center needs an enormous amount of energy to function. But not only that: it also requires a huge amount of cabling for the fiber (and of course the same amount of bandwidth, which is not infinite). As a result, they are rapidly saturating the network infrastructure of entire neighbourhoods.
Center, some infrastructures are scalable. The production capacity of the power stations can be increased, new channels can be dug and the backbone of the fiber optic networks can also be strengthened. But all this takes many years.
As a result, those who apply today to build new condominiums, shopping centers or offices will have to wait several years before receiving the OK when construction sites begin. Or buildings are built that are isolated from the electricity grid. The Greater London Authority has not provided accurate information on waiting times.
The most affected neighborhoods are all in East London: Hillingdon, Ealingand Hounslow. Generally they host about 11% of the wholeoffer of housing of the English capital. A big problem.
Construction companies have just started to unravel this complicated tangle, but to our knowledge this situation has already jeopardized the development of at least 25 new real estate units. Very simple, it is currently not possible to build these buildings
explains David O’Leary, policy director for the Home Builders Federation, a trade association of British builders.
Source: Lega Nerd
