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Culham AI Growth Zone
Culham, South EastApprovedAI growth zoneCapacity not published Verified — 2 sources on file
The UK's first AI Growth Zone, based at Culham in Oxfordshire, announced by the Prime Minister in January 2025 as part of the AI Opportunities Action Plan. Government describes AI Growth Zones as hubs for AI-enabled data centres with improved access to power and planning support.
Project detail
- Operator / developer
- Not published
- Location
- Culham, South East, United Kingdom
- Status
- Approved
- AI relevance
- High — AI/compute led
- Announced
- 2025-01-13
- 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
- Not published
- Grid connection
- Not published
- Cooling
- Not published
- Water
- Not published
- Planning authority
- Not published
- Planning reference
- Not published
- Planning decision
- Not published
- Decision date
- Not published
- Construction start
- Not published
- Expected completion
- Not published
- Operational since
- Not published
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Last verified
- Not published
Key facts
Designation
First UK AI Growth Zone
Government support
£5 million per AI Growth Zone for local business adoption and skills
Sources
- Investors and local authorities gear up as AI Growth Zone delivery gathers speed
Secondary source · DSIT (GOV.UK) · 30 April 2025
- AI Growth Zones (collection)
Secondary source · DSIT (GOV.UK) · 13 November 2025
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