Data centers in Reading
35 tracked facilities in Reading, 28 data centers and 4 network points of presence (3 unclassified), hosting 72 network presences. Announced large projects within 50 km: 4, up to 643 MW as stated by developers.
This hub groups 11 neighbouring municipalities: Reading (6), Maidenhead (3), Woking Surrey (2), Bracknell (2), Newbury (2), High Wycombe (1), Farnborough (1), Camberley (1), Wokingham (1), Thatcham (1), Didcot (1), plus 14 facilities with no town recorded that lie nearby.
Near Reading: water, local friction, conflicts and projects →Autour de Reading (en français) →
How Reading scores as a location
- Water stress index · median of 28 data centers
- 47/100 · average
- Social friction index · median of 28 data centers
- 88/100 · high
Both describe the place, not the operators: a higher water score means scarcer water, a higher friction score more of the conditions that tend to come before local opposition. The nearby tool reads the single nearest facility, so its figures can differ from these medians by a few points. Methods: water stress index · social friction index.
Announced large projects within 50 km (4)
- SDC M40 Campus (Veolia landfill, Buckinghamshire) · SDC Capital Partners · permitting · 300 MW announced
- Manor Farm data center (Poyle Road, Slough) · Tritax Big Box (Manor Farm Propco) · permitting · 147 MW announced
- Culham Campus AI data centre (UK AI Growth Zone) · UK Atomic Energy Authority (Culham Campus) / private partner TBD · announced · 100 MW announced
- Abbots Langley data center (Bedmond Road) · Greystoke Land · permitting · 96 MW announced
Stated by developers, not measured (≥ 100 MW or ≥ USD 1 bn). All projects in United Kingdom →
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Documented local conflicts & agreements near Reading
- opposition Minister approves Tritax green belt data centre in Slough over council objection · 2026-06-11
- opposition Government concedes judicial review of Iver green belt data centre approval · 2026-03
- opposition Government overturns Three Rivers refusal of Abbots Langley green belt data centre · 2025-05-12
- opposition West London grid capacity shortage delays housing amid data centre demand · 2022-07
All 35 facilities
Sorted by disclosed IT load, then networks present. A row opens the full, source-linked record on the map. No IT load, PUE is disclosed for any of these sites, so the column is hidden.