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Cambois data centre campus
Cambois, North EastApprovedData centre720 MW (IT load) Verified — 2 sources on file
Outline planning permission, with all matters reserved, granted by Northumberland County Council on 8 May 2025 for up to ten Class B8 data centre buildings totalling up to 540,000 sqm gross internal area, plus a substation, emergency generators and ancillary structures. The permission states floor area only; no electrical capacity figure appears on the statutory register, so none is recorded.
Project detail
- Operator / developer
- Not published
- Location
- Cambois, North East, United Kingdom
- Status
- Approved
- AI relevance
- Not stated
- Announced
- Not published
- Target live date
- Not published
- Published capacity
- 720 MW — Published IT loadThe IT load the operator or planning documents state the facility will draw.
- Floor area
- 540,000 m²
- Stated investment
- Not published
- Power
- The approved outline scheme comprises up to ten data centre buildings, each stated in the council committee report as providing approximately 72 MW of IT capacity, giving approximately 720 MW of IT capacity across the full campus. The report also records 580 standby generators across the campus (1 x 1.25 MWe and 57 x 2.4 MWe per building). No grid connection capacity is published.
- Grid connection
- Not published
- Cooling
- Not published
- Water
- Not published
- Planning authority
- Northumberland County Council
- Planning reference
- 24/04112/OUTES
- Planning decision
- Application permitted (outline, all matters reserved)
- Decision date
- 2025-05-08
- Construction start
- Not published
- Expected completion
- Not published
- Operational since
- Not published
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Last verified
- 2026-08-18
Sources
- Planning application 24/04112/OUTES - Outline application for up to ten data centre buildings, former power station site, Cambois
Primary record · Northumberland County Council · 2025-05-08 · accessed 2026-08-12
- Strategic Planning Committee report, application 24/04112/OUTES, Land at former power station site, Cambois
Secondary source · Northumberland County Council · 2025-03-04
Entry last updated 18/08/2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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