Humber Tech Park, land south of the A160, South Killingholme
Outline scheme by Humber Tech Park Ltd, a Greystoke Land company, for three AI-training data centre buildings, an on-site substation and a horticultural glasshouse using waste heat, on about 76 ha south of the A160 near South Killingholme. North Lincolnshire Council's planning committee approved outline application PA/2024/584 on 31 July 2024. Reported cost £2.2bn to £3bn and about 370 to 400 jobs. No end user named. Reserved matters still needed. Linked to the Northern Lincolnshire AI Growth Zone bid alongside Greystoke's Elsham Tech Park.
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- Operator / developer
- Humber Tech Park Ltd (Greystoke Land)
- Location
- Land south of the A160, South Killingholme, South Killingholme, Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom
- Status
- Approved
- Facility type
- Data centre
- AI relevance
- High — AI/compute led
- Stated investment
- £3,000,000,000
- Permanent jobs
- 370
Power & grid
- Published capacity
- 386 MW — Reported capacity, definition not publishedA megawatt figure was reported but the source does not define what it measures, so it is excluded from every total.
- Power
- 386 MW reported (DCD). New on-site electricity substation proposed; developer cites the South Humber Bank's North Sea gas and offshore wind supply.
Planning
- Council
- North Lincolnshire Council
- Planning route
- Local planning (TCPA)
- Planning reference
- PA/2024/584
- Planning decision
- Outline permission backed by North Lincolnshire Council planning committee on 31 July 2024.
- Land area
- 75.8 ha
Benefits vs drawbacks
Timeline
North Lincolnshire Council planning committee approves outline application PA/2024/584
Source
Sources
- Green light given to develop one of Europe's largest data centres
Secondary source · North Lincolnshire Council (primary) · 2024-08
- Decision made on £2.2bn data centre near South Killingholme
Secondary source · Grimsby Telegraph (secondary) · 2024-07-31
- Green light for 386MW data center campus in Lincolnshire, UK
Secondary source · DatacenterDynamics (secondary) · 2024-08
- £3bn Humber Tech Park clears planning (cites PA/2024/584)
Secondary source · Place North / Place Yorkshire (secondary)
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6 November 2026
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