Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Google Waltham Cross is an operational AI data center hosting an estimated 124k H100-equivalent chips — supported by 88 MW of IT power — at a capital cost of $3.3 B. We estimate that it uses Google TPU v6e and Google TPU v7 chips. The timeline of IT power and compute capacity is based on satellite imagery, our cooling equipment power model, chip availability, and chip efficiency. The facility uses advanced air-cooling instead of water-cooling to minimize water use, and is equipped for off-site heat recovery — capturing waste heat to warm nearby homes, schools and businesses for free.
Satellite imagery
CURRENT COMPUTE
124k H100-eq
2.45e20 8-bit OP/s
CURRENT IT POWER
88 MW
PROJECTED IT POWER
88 MW
CURRENT COST
$3.3 B
PROJECTED COST
$3.3 B
Land clearing begins (Sentinel-2 imagery).
Building complete and operational; full buildout reached. Sentinel-2 imagery shows the building finished with components installed and cars in the car park. Confirmed by Google's official blog post announcing the Waltham Cross data centre opening (https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/around-the-globe/google-europe/united-kingdom/waltham-cross-data-centre/).
Full buildout reconfirmed via high-resolution Pléiades-Neo satellite image; no capacity change since September 2025.