Data Centre Campus, Ampthill Road, Bedford
On 15 June 2026 the Secretary of State issued a direction under section 35 of the Planning Act 2008 requiring this proposed data centre campus at Ampthill Road, Bedford, in Central Bedfordshire, to be consented through a Development Consent Order. This is a designation at the pre-application stage: no application has been examined or decided, and no power capacity figure is published in the direction or decision letter.
Project detail
- Operator / developer
- Not published
- Location
- Bedford, East of England, United Kingdom
- Status
- Proposed
- AI relevance
- Not stated
- Announced
- Not published
- Target live date
- Not published
- Published capacity
- Not published. No capacity figure means none has been published — it does not mean zero.
- Floor area
- Not published
- Stated investment
- Not published
- Power
- No capacity figure is published in the Section 35 direction or decision letter. The developer's own marketing describes a 143-acre campus with "power secured through a grid connection and on-site generation" but states no MW or MVA figure, so nothing is recorded.
- Grid connection
- Not published
- Cooling
- Not published
- Water
- Not published
- Planning authority
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (nationally significant infrastructure)
- Planning reference
- PCU/NSIP/P0240/3378443 (Section 35 direction)
- Planning decision
- Section 35 direction granted: treated as nationally significant infrastructure requiring a Development Consent Order
- Decision date
- 2026-06-15
- Construction start
- Not published
- Expected completion
- Not published
- Operational since
- Not published
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Last verified
- 2026-08-18
Sources
- Data Centre Campus, Ampthill Road, Bedford in Central Bedfordshire: Section 35 Direction, Planning Act 2008
Secondary source · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · 2026-06-15
- Section 35 direction decision letter, PCU/NSIP/P0240/3378443
Secondary source · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · 2026-06-15
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