Data center · England, United Kingdom
The Chess Building data centre
The Chess Building data centre is a data centre in England, United Kingdom, with a 10,765 m² building, owned by CapitaLand Ascendas REIT.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 9-17 Caxton Way, Watford, WD18 8UA | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | CapitaLand Ascendas REIT | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | CapitaLand Ascendas REIT | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Website | https://www.capitaland-ascendasreit.com/en/our-portfolio/united-kingdom---europe/data-centres/the-chess-building.html | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Building footprint | 10,765 m² (building) | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6429, -0.4277 | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this data center and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its power supply, grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow its owner compares
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT operates 5 of the 191 data centers in the United Kingdom in our data with a named owner; 5 owners have more. Counts cover the data centers in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Owner in United Kingdom | Rank | Data centers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equinix, Inc. | 1st | 13 | 6.8% |
| Digital Realty | 2nd | 10 | 5.2% |
| Virtus | 2nd | 10 | 5.2% |
| Pulsant | 4th | 8 | 4.2% |
| NTT Limited | 5th | 6 | 3.1% |
| CapitaLand Ascendas REIT | 6th | 5 | 2.6% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this data center: 374 power plants (134 operating, 2,616 MW), 152 substations, 72 grid connections (39 operating, 421 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lloyd Leisure, Ducks Hill Road - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1 MW | Cancelled | 3.4 km |
| Langleybury Film Hub | Power plant | 3 MW | Planned | 5.3 km |
| Harefield Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.1 km |
| Elstree Substation, Hilfield Lane - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 400 MW | Cancelled | 6.4 km |
| Harefield Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 6.9 km |
| Grassingham Road Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.6 km |
| Denham Avenue Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.8 km |
| Gerrards Cross Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 11 km |
| Land at Pinstone Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 60 MW | Planned | 11 km |
Owner, operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.