I am standing in the middle of a barren, 62-acre industrial site in East London’s famous Docklands. The shell of Millennium Mills - a derelict flour mill - towers above me, while across an empty stretch of grassy land I can see the top an old grain storage facility called Silo D. The space is dead silent, save for the revving of a van leaving the site through a pair of metal gates and the occasional clink-clank of the nearby DLR train line.

Not exactly what springs to mind when you picture a European centre of Esports.

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And yet, that is exactly what The Silvertown Partnership, a group of property developers, want to create here. Alongside 3,000 homes, heaps of office space, and waterfront restaurants will sit Europe’s largest esports ‘hub’ - a 300,000 sq ft building dedicated to competitive gaming complete with Arena, player lodging, and fan zones.