{"id":8035,"date":"2026-05-15T16:38:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/?p=8035"},"modified":"2026-05-15T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:46:00","slug":"how-one-uk-data-centre-is-future-proofing-its-energy-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/insights\/how-one-uk-data-centre-is-future-proofing-its-energy-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"How one UK data centre is future proofing its energy strategy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-body-l\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/insights\/are-data-centres-bad-for-the-grid\">proposed changes to Scope 2 reporting<\/a> reshape expectations around renewable electricity claims, data centres are coming under increasing scrutiny for how their operations are powered. For businesses supporting AI, cloud and other energy-intensive workloads, traditional certificate-backed renewable supply isn&#8217;t always enough to satisfy customer and investor expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-body-l\">In this article, we look at how&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/case-studies\/stellium-data-centre\">Stellium<\/a>, a UK-based, AI-ready data centre operator, restructured their energy strategy to move beyond annual renewable matching &#8211; adopting an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/hourly-matching\">hourly matched approach<\/a> designed to support credible sustainability claims, future reporting requirements and long-term commercial growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-light-grey-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is--inner-block\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"is--inner-block\">Author, Tom Parsons, is Commercial Director at Good Energy, where he leads teams responsible for renewable energy supply, energy services and product innovation across domestic and business markets. With more than 15 years\u2019 experience across organisations including EDF, Drax and Good Energy, Tom specialises in helping businesses balance decarbonisation with commercial performance through renewable procurement, PPAs and flexible energy strategies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is--inner-block\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is--inner-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Tom-Parsons-Commercial-Director-edited-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a grey suit jacket and white dress shirt smiles at the camera with greenery in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-7250\" style=\"width:205px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Tom-Parsons-Commercial-Director-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Tom-Parsons-Commercial-Director-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Tom-Parsons-Commercial-Director-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Tom-Parsons-Commercial-Director-edited-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Tom-Parsons-Commercial-Director-edited-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Tom-Parsons-Commercial-Director-edited-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Tom-Parsons-Commercial-Director-edited-1500x1500.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"why-renewable-electricity-is-no-longer-enough\" class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-typestyle-h3\">Why renewable electricity is no longer enough&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is--inner-block\">\n<p class=\"is--inner-block\">Across the data centre sector, renewable electricity has become a baseline expectation. But as sustainability reporting matures, not all renewable supply is viewed equally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is--inner-block\">Stellium&nbsp;operates a high-performance computing data centre serving customers across AI, technology, government, and other data-intensive industries. As demand for compute grows, so does scrutiny on how that compute is powered.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is--inner-block\">While traditional REGO-backed supply can support headline renewable claims,&nbsp;Stellium&nbsp;identified&nbsp;a growing disconnect between certificate-based approaches and the expectations of its customers, particularly global technology companies with advanced sustainability frameworks. Increasingly, customers wanted more than annual claims. They wanted proof.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is--inner-block\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is--inner-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2022101-Stellium-Data-Interiors-38-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2022101-Stellium-Data-Interiors-38-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2022101-Stellium-Data-Interiors-38-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2022101-Stellium-Data-Interiors-38-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2022101-Stellium-Data-Interiors-38-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2022101-Stellium-Data-Interiors-38-1-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/2022101-Stellium-Data-Interiors-38-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-brand-yellow-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is--inner-block\" id=\"REGOs-explained\">\n<p class=\"is-style-body-xl is--inner-block\"><strong>A GROWING CHALLENGE<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"the-limitation-of-certificate-based-supply\" class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-typestyle-h5 is--inner-block\">The limitation of certificate-based supply<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is--inner-block\">REGOs confirm that renewable electricity has been generated somewhere on the UK grid over the course of a year. What they do not show is when that electricity was generated or whether it aligns with actual consumption.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is--inner-block\">This creates a credibility gap. Electricity consumed during periods of high system carbon intensity, such as winter evenings, can still be labelled renewable by&nbsp;purchasing&nbsp;certificates from surplus generation at entirely&nbsp;different times.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is--inner-block\">For&nbsp;Stellium, this presented a commercial challenge.&nbsp;How could they&nbsp;evidence&nbsp;to their customers&nbsp;that they had a green reality rather than just green certificates?&nbsp;As&nbsp;power demand scales, reliance on annual matching alone risked becoming a barrier to securing contracts with customers&nbsp;operating&nbsp;under increasingly rigorous Scope 2 and ESG requirements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"designing-a-scope-2-ready-energy-strategy\" class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-typestyle-h3\">Designing a Scope 2-ready energy strategy&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To address this, Stellium implemented an hourly matched renewable electricity strategy with PPAs, achieving a <strong>95.4% hourly matching scor<\/strong>e &#8211; more than double the industry average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hourly matching links electricity consumption with renewable generation on an hour-by-hour basis, providing a far clearer picture of how demand is being met in real time. This approach aligns closely with the direction of travel for Scope 2 reporting, where time and location are expected to play a much greater role.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is--inner-block\">\n<p class=\"is--inner-block\">For&nbsp;Stellium, this meant being able to&nbsp;demonstrate&nbsp;not just that renewable electricity was&nbsp;purchased, but when it was generated and which assets were supplying the site. At year end,&nbsp;Stellium&nbsp;can report on the specific renewable generators that powered its operations, adding a valuable layer of transparency for customer disclosures.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is--inner-block\">In reality this&nbsp;means <strong>75% lower actual emissions<\/strong> than just using the legacy certificate approach. And&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;real world&nbsp;emissions that&nbsp;actually matter.&nbsp;This depth of evidence proved difficult for alternative suppliers to match.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is--inner-block\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is--inner-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1332\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2022101-Stellium-Data-Interiors-39-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2022101-Stellium-Data-Interiors-39-edited.jpg 1332w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2022101-Stellium-Data-Interiors-39-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2022101-Stellium-Data-Interiors-39-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2022101-Stellium-Data-Interiors-39-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2022101-Stellium-Data-Interiors-39-edited-768x769.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1332px) 100vw, 1332px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-brand-yellow-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is--inner-block\">\n<p class=\"is-style-body-xl is--inner-block\"><strong>A CREDIBLE ALTERNATIVE<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"why-asset-backed-supply-matters\" class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-typestyle-h5 is--inner-block\">Why asset-backed supply matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is--inner-block\">A key differentiator&nbsp;in enabling high matching scores through PPAs&nbsp;is Good Energy\u2019s access to over 3,000 independent UK renewable generators.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is--inner-block\">Rather than relying on detached certificates,&nbsp;we&nbsp;supply&nbsp;renewables&nbsp;backed by real generation assets, providing additionality and traceability that certificate-only models cannot offer. This supports credible sustainability claims today, while also giving confidence that the strategy will stand up to future regulatory and investor scrutiny.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is--inner-block\">Just as importantly,&nbsp;our product&nbsp;doesn\u2019t&nbsp;compromise on the&nbsp;commercial fundamentals. The supply structure supports growth without punitive volume tolerance&nbsp;mechanisms, and&nbsp;is underpinned by straightforward processes and active account management.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is--inner-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Hourly-matching-screen-3-1-1024x557.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Hourly-matching-screen-3-1-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Hourly-matching-screen-3-1-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Hourly-matching-screen-3-1-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Hourly-matching-screen-3-1-1536x835.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Hourly-matching-screen-3-1-1500x815.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Hourly-matching-screen-3-1.png 1573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"positioned-for-growth\" class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-typestyle-h3\">Positioned for growth&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-body-l\">As demand for time-matched renewable electricity accelerates across the data centre sector,&nbsp;Stellium&nbsp;is now well positioned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-body-l\">Its energy strategy supports customer acquisition, aligns with emerging Scope 2 expectations, and avoids the need for retrofitting solutions onto legacy contracts. Rather than reacting to change, the business has designed its procurement to evolve with it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-body-l\">This approach reflects a broader shift in the market. Energy supply is no longer just a cost line. For data centres, it is increasingly a strategic enabler.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cta-banner cta-banner has-block-decoration animate cta-banner--layout--one-col alignfull has-background has-dark-grey-background-color\">\n        <div class=\"cta-banner__inner animate-element\">\n        <div class=\"cta-banner__content\">\n                            <h2 id=\"explore-renewable-energy-solutions-for-your-data-centre\" class=\"cta-banner__heading\">Explore renewable energy solutions for your data centre<\/h2>            \n                            <div class=\"cta-banner__subheading\">\n                    100% renewable contracts to suit your needs including Fixed, CPPA, Index-linked and Flex.                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"cta-banner__buttons\">\n                                    <div class=\"cta-banner__button\">\n                            <a 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