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Ebbsfleet AI Data Centre Campus, New Barn Road, Dartford (Clearstone)
Dartford, South EastProposed
Proposed campus of up to four buildings on about 145 acres near Ebbsfleet. The government directed on 1 July 2026 that it be treated as nationally significant, so it will need a Development Consent Order. First building targeted for 2030; Clearstone is seeking an operator partner.
Key facts
- Operator / developer
- CSE52 Limited (Clearstone)
- Location
- Dartford, South East, United Kingdom
- Status
- Proposed
- Facility type
- Data centre
- AI relevance
- Not stated
- Floor area
- 180,000 m²
Power & grid
- Published capacity
- 240 MW — Published IT loadThe IT load the operator or planning documents state the facility will draw.
- 300 MW — Published electrical demandThe total electrical demand stated for the site, including cooling and losses.
- Share of UK tracked capacity
- 5.9% of published it load
Planning
- Council
- Dartford Borough Council
- Planning route
- DCO / NSIP
- Planning decision
- Section 35 direction given 1 Jul 2026 (to be decided as a DCO); no application yet
- Land area
- 58.7 ha
Timeline
Government issued a Section 35 direction: the campus will be decided as a nationally significant project through a Development Consent Order.
Source
Sources
- Data Centre Campus, New Barn Road, Dartford: Section 35 Direction
Secondary source · MHCLG, GOV.UK (primary) · 2026-07-01
- MHCLG issues section 35 direction for Dartford AI data centre campus
Secondary source · LexisNexis (secondary) · 2026-07-02
- 300MW data center campus proposed in Kent, UK
Secondary source · DCD (secondary)
Last verified
15 October 2026
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