en.Wedoany.com Reported - A planning application has been submitted for a large-scale data center campus in Sleekburn, Northumberland, UK, developed by Wansbeck Regeneration Ltd.

The planning permission application submitted by the company to Northumberland County Council indicates that the campus is located northwest of Haybrough Croft, Sleekburn, covering an area of 28 hectares with a total gross floor area of 356,500 square meters (approximately 3.8 million square feet). The project plans to construct three buildings and two on-site substations. The company originally planned four buildings with a total power capacity of 451MW, but revised the plan during the pre-application stage.

According to planning documents, the project will also deploy approximately 90MW of natural gas-powered fuel cells, capable of providing about 50MW of IT load capacity. The company stated that these fuel cells serve as a "transitional solution" and will be removed once the site is fully operational.

The site was originally part of a GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical manufacturing plant, which operated in Cambois from 1971 to around 2004. The Sleekburn data center project is located approximately 1 mile north of the QTS Cambois project. The QTS project occupies the former Blyth Power Station site, covering 540,000 square meters (5.8 million square feet), and upon full completion, can develop up to ten data center buildings with a total power capacity of 720MW.

In the planning documents, the company stated that the proposal leverages the locational advantages of the AI Growth Zone, which will bring significant foreign investment to Northumberland and create substantial direct and indirect local employment opportunities. Detailed information about Wansbeck Regeneration Ltd. is currently unclear.

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