12 September 2025

Vantage Data Centers has announced the upcoming launch of its second London campus, LHR2, set to open at the end of September.

Situated in the Park Royal district, this 194,000-square-foot facility will provide 20 megawatts of IT capacity and represents a £250 million investment in the local economy. The new data centre coincides with the London Design Festival, which runs from September 13 to 21, and features a notable public art installation titled "11 Million Dots." This six-story facade installation pays tribute to Park Royal’s industrial past while celebrating its transformation into a vibrant urban hub. Created through a collaboration with the Park Royal Design District and local artist Rafael El Baz, the artwork incorporates ambient noise and machinery sounds from the area, transforming them into binary code and waveforms that evoke microchips, maps, and cityscapes, turning the building into a cultural landmark.

08 September 2025

As the NHS prepares to deploy an AI-powered patient safety warning system across hospitals nationwide this November, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is quietly reducing its investment in the very data infrastructure essential for the technology’s success.

New figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request and analysed by the Parliament Street Think Tank reveal that the department is cutting its annual expenditure on data staff, technology, and management from £37.7 million in 2023/24 to an estimated £25 million by 2025/26, representing a £12 million reduction over two years.