Where the applications are
| Cluster (main authorities) | Applications | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ealing / Old Oak Park Royal | 80 |
| 2 | Vale of White Horse | 18 |
| 3 | Epping Forest / Broxbourne | 15 |
| 4 | Newport / Cardiff | 13 |
| 5 | North Lanarkshire | 12 |
| 6 | Northumberland (County) / North Tyneside | 7 |
| 7 | Vale of White Horse / Buckinghamshire | 6 |
| 8 | Warrington / Trafford | 6 |
| 40 smaller clusters | 77 | |
| Total with a location | 234 |
Three ways to receive it
Weekly digest
Every Monday: new applications with the headline facts, decisions, scheme profiles — applicant, MW, floorspace, capex, jobs, cooling — the largest live schemes and consultations closing.
Read the latest preview →REST API
Filter by authority, stage, MW, size, AI flag; 12 months of history (from August 2025); status-change events; extracted facts with quotes and source links. JSON, documented in OpenAPI.
API reference →MCP server
Connect https://ai-datacentre.co.uk/mcp to ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or your own agent and ask "what got permitted in Slough this month?" Same data and tiers as the API.
What is free and what is not
| Free · no key | Digest · £39/mo | Pro £99 · Team £249 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applications | Last 30 days, public fields, 20 rows per call | Last 30 days | 12 months of history (from August 2025), all fields, 1,000 rows per call |
| Weekly digest email | Public preview | Full edition | Full edition |
| Status-change events feed | — | — | Included |
| Facts from planning documents (MW, applicant, capex, cooling, grid — quoted and linked to the source PDF) | — | In the digest | API + MCP, per application and searchable |
| Live statistics and authority pages | Included | Included | Included |
| MCP server | Free tier | Free tier | Full |
The digest — public preview, week to 31 Aug
Subscribers receive the full edition every Monday. All editions →
Who uses it
- Data-centre developers, investors and lenders — competing schemes, land plays and grid-hungry EIA scoping the week they land.
- M&E, cooling, generator, switchgear and construction suppliers — a lead every time a scheme is validated or permitted.
- Energy and planning consultants, law firms, recruiters, journalists — the pipeline without the £2k PDF report.
- AI agents and internal copilots — the MCP server answers questions in plain English.
Plans
Last 30 days, 20 rows per call, public fields. Statistics and authority pages. No key needed.
curl https://ai-datacentre.co.uk/v1/applications?size=LargeAPI reference
Digest — the full weekly email: new schemes with extracted facts, decisions, scheme profiles, pipeline ranking, consultations closing. Cancel any time. By subscribing you accept the Terms.
Subscribe to the digestPro — the digest plus the full REST API (12 months of history from August 2025, all fields, events feed, extracted facts, 1,000 rows per call) and the MCP server.
Get an API keyTeam — Pro for up to 5 keys, CSV/Parquet snapshots, priority on new fields (grid connections, ownership).
Subscribe as a teamThe API in 30 seconds
GET /v1/applications?since=2026-06-01&stage=outline&min_mw=50 GET /v1/applications/Falkirk/P/26/0237/FUL # status history + extracted facts (Pro) GET /v1/facts?key=it_load_mw&min_confidence=0.8 # facts with quotes and source documents (Pro) GET /v1/events?kind=app_state&since=2026-08-01 # decisions as they happen (Pro) GET /v1/stats # totals by state, stage and authority MCP https://ai-datacentre.co.uk/mcp search_applications · get_application · list_sites · search_facts · pipeline_stats · weekly_digest
Questions
What is AI Data Centre?
A daily-updated register of every data-centre and AI-compute planning application in the UK, across all local planning authorities, with the key facts extracted from the planning documents. Delivered as a weekly email digest, a REST API and an MCP server for AI agents.
Where does the data come from?
Local planning authority registers (via the PlanIt aggregator and council portals), refreshed daily. Facts such as MW, floorspace, applicant, cooling and grid connection are extracted from the published planning statements; each carries a verbatim quote and a link to the source document.
What is free?
Applications received in the last 30 days (public fields, 20 rows per call), live statistics, per-authority pages and the weekly digest preview — no key needed. Twelve months of history (from August 2025), status-change events, extracted facts with citations and the full weekly email are for subscribers.
How many UK data centre planning applications are there?
As of 2026-08-31, 280 applications are tracked across 83 local planning authorities, 96 awaiting decision, 2,682 MW of declared capacity. See the live statistics page.
Can my AI agent use it?
Yes. The MCP server at https://ai-datacentre.co.uk/mcp exposes search_applications, get_application, list_sites, search_facts, pipeline_stats and weekly_digest; send your API key as a Bearer token (optional for the free tier).