The month’s clearest cross-sector signal came from the grid rather than any single project: Ofgem reported on 29 July that contracted electricity demand offers had jumped from 41GW to 125GW in under a year, with at least 80GW of that increase attributed to data centre schemes now queuing for connections [...]

A round-up of July 2026 across UK rail, construction, water, renewables, defence, marine and data centres, and the materials and standards that underpin them. This issue covers the month to 27 July 2026. July was the month the UK’s industrial base and its infrastructure ambitions collided in public. The government [...]