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Vantage Bridgend campus (former Ford engine plant)
Vantage Data Centers
Bridgend, WalesApprovedData centreCapacity not published Verified — 2 sources on file
Hybrid planning application submitted. The developer's own engagement timeline gives construction of building 1 from early 2026 and site completion between 2028 and 2040; those are stated intentions, not verified outcomes.
Project detail
- Operator / developer
- Vantage Data Centers
- Location
- Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom
- Status
- Approved
- 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 IT load, electrical demand or grid connection capacity has been published for this campus. The hybrid permission covers a first data centre building in full and up to ten buildings in outline.
- Grid connection
- Not published
- Cooling
- Not published
- Water
- Not published
- Planning authority
- Bridgend County Borough Council
- Planning reference
- P/25/247/HYB
- Planning decision
- Approved
- Decision date
- 2025-10-02
- Construction start
- Not published
- Expected completion
- Not published
- Operational since
- Not published
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Last verified
- 2026-08-18
Sources
- Officers' Report, application P/25/247/HYB, former Ford engine plant, Waterton
Secondary source · Bridgend County Borough Council
- Development Control Committee agenda pack, 2 October 2025 (item 8, P/25/247/HYB)
Secondary source · Bridgend County Borough Council · 2025-10-02
Entry last updated 18/08/2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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