UPDATE – Extract from The Guardian 25-8-2026: AI datacentres use a massive amount of electricity to power servers and cooling equipment, and to run facility systems. There are currently 315 datacentres in the queue to connect to the UK’s electricity grid, representing 73GW of demand. This is almost double the peak winter energy demand for the entire UK.
Because of the long wait to connect to the grid, the Wapseys Wood and Quest Park [Bucks] datacentres are seeking to build their own on-site gas-fired power stations.
Public Exhibition: Manor Farm West – You are invited to Where & When at St Thomas’ Church, Vicarage Way, Colnbrook. SL3 0JY
3.00pm-7.00pm, Wednesday 26 August 2026
View the proposals – https://dhwnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MFW-exhibition-flyer.pdf
Meet the project team
Ask questions & give feedback
Tritax is pleased to invite you to a Public Exhibition of our proposals for three state-of-the art datacentres at its Manor Farm West location off Poyle Road, together with a new area of publicly-accessible open space connecting to the Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve
3.00pm-7.00pm, Wednesday 26 August 2026
The proposed Manor Farm Data Centre (that is located within Slough Borough at Poyle – but borders Horton in RBWM) has been approved and more details can be found here. The site lies immediately to the North of the Wraysbury Reservoir. The approved planning application was for one building but it looks like there is a new proposal for three further buildings of a similar size.