{"schemaVersion":"report-figure-v1","report":{"slug":"gb-demand-connection-queue-2026","title":"Two Data Centre Figures for One Queue, and What Ofgem Leaves Unstated","url":"https://solaranalytica.com/gb-demand-connection-queue-2026","datePublished":"2026-08-23","lastReviewed":"2026-10-21"},"figure":{"id":"gb-data-centre-figures","title":"Ofgem's queue totals and its two data centre figures, with what each leaves unstated","unit":"GW","provenance":{"dataSource":"Ofgem, Curate: Demand Connections Reform, 29 July 2026, paragraphs 2.6 and 2.7, and Ofgem's press release of the same date","dataType":"Published regulatory figures, as printed","scope":"Great Britain demand connection queue","statistic":"Contracted offers; the data centre figures as printed, with no date (73 GW) and no base (at least 80 GW) stated","interval":"November 2024 and June 2025 for the totals; not stated for either data centre figure"},"caption":"The two dated queue totals, the consultation's around 73 GW of data centres with no date stated, and the press release's at least 80 GW with no base stated, each as Ofgem printed it.","series":[{"label":"Queue, Nov 2024","value":41},{"label":"Queue, Jun 2025","value":125},{"label":"Data centres, no date stated (around)","value":73},{"label":"Data centres, no base stated (at least)","value":80}]},"csv":"https://solaranalytica.com/reports/gb-demand-connection-queue-2026/figures/gb-data-centre-figures/data.csv","publicationState":"fixed-edition","boundary":"The figure remains bound to the report edition. A newer upstream release creates a review obligation and never rewrites these rows automatically."}