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North Wales AI Growth Zone

Wales Verified against published sources

AI Growth Zone confirmed for North Wales, which government says is uniquely positioned to draw on the potential of the UK's first small modular reactor at Wylfa. The announcement is linked to 3,450 jobs for the region.

Investment

Stated investment
Not published
Lead organisations
Not published
Announced
13 November 2025
Target live
Not published

Power and grid

Published capacity
Not published
Power notes
Not published
Grid connection
Not published
Cooling and water
Not published

Planning

Planning authority
Not published
Planning reference
Not published
Current status
Approved
Floor area
Not published

Evidence quality

Confidence
High confidence
AI relevance
High — AI/compute led
Verified
Yes
Last updated
8 October 2026

Benefits vs drawbacks

Benefits

  • 3,450 direct jobs from the zone; nearly 6,500 including 3,000 from the Wylfa SMR project (government estimate)Source
  • Prosperity Parc already has outline permission and an existing grid connectionSource

Drawbacks

  • At designation, construction depended on an investment partner deal expected in the coming monthsSource
  • SMR power is not expected on the grid until the mid-2030sSource

Member projects

Timeline

  1. North Wales (Prosperity Parc and Trawsfynydd) named an AI Growth Zone.

    Source

Progress

  1. Announced · 13 November 2025

    Zone announced by government

    AI Growth Zones to create thousands of jobs and unlock up to £100 billion in investment, as new site confirmed for North Wales

  2. designation · 13 November 2025

    Designated AI Growth Zone spanning Anglesey and Trawsfynydd

    Site straddles the Menai Strait: Prosperity Parc (Anglesey) and Trawsfynydd (Gwynedd). Led by a consortium including Stena Line, Bangor University and M-SParc.

    AI Growth Zones to create thousands of jobs and unlock up to £100 billion in investment, as new site confirmed for North Wales

Key facts as published

Jobs
More than 3,400 (government estimate)
Power
Potential to draw on the UK's first small modular reactor at Wylfa
Constituent sites
Two sites named at announcement: Prosperity Parc, Holyhead, Anglesey (Stena Line) and Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd -- see the Prosperity Parc record for the Anglesey site's own planning status
Investment partner
As of the November 2025 announcement, no data-centre investment/operating partner for Prosperity Parc had been secured (DatacenterDynamics)

Sources

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