Era4 Shelford
Era4 · Shelford Farm Estate
- Planned IT
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- Remaining
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- $ / kW·mo
- $102
- White space
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Power
Power cost
$102/kW·mo
10.8¢ industrial · 14¢ after PUE —
- Per MW·year
- $1.2M
- This site
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3.4× the cheapest market (Iceland Landsvirkjun).
Hydro One / London · utility tariff × PUE, not colo list price.
- Redundancy
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- Opened
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- Renewable match
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- Rack density
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- Voltage
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- PUE
- —1.00 ideal · 1.60 typical
- Power source
- Landfill gas via private wire from Valencia Energy Centre, rooftop solar, grid backup
Cooling
Plant
liquid
Liquid
Deployed
Rack density
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H100-eq
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WUE
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Operator has not published WUE. Blank, not zero — air-cooled sites still use some water.
Closed-loop liquid cooling with adiabatic assistance; water capped at 20 m3/day by planning condition.
Network carriers
0No on-net carriers published.
On-net and metro carriers typically present at this location, including internet exchanges. Not a full circuit inventory.
Clouds
0No public-cloud on-ramp published.
Native regions and typical Direct Connect / ExpressRoute / Interconnect on-ramps at this campus. Availability varies by hall.
Location
Canterbury, England, United Kingdom
Shelford Farm Estate, Broad Oak Road, Canterbury, Kent
51.300°, 1.100° · Europe
Notes
Canterbury City Council granted full planning permission (CA/25/02094, 16 conditions) on Oct 15 2026 for Era4's (formerly Carbon3.ai) AI data centre beside the Shelford landfill; about 13,000 sq ft building, about 140 MWh/day at full use (about 5.8 MW average). Capacity in MW not published. Coordinates: Shelford/Broad Oak area (approximate). Sources: https://era4.com/press/era4-data-centre-secures-planning-approval-east-of-canterbury https://datacentrereview.com/2026/10/canterbury-approves-plans-for-landfill-powered-data-centre/ https://canterburylive.co.uk/shelford-data-centre-approved/
Compiled from public filings, operator pages, and reporting. Not an official operator specification.