Kao Data, the specialist developer and operator of high-performance data centers for enterprise, cloud, high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI), has announced a new 40-megawatt data center in Manchester, U.K.
Following the acquisition of two new data centers last year, the move represents the next phase in the continued expansion of the Kao Data platform, with Manchester named as the first of its new Tier II locations in Europe.
The latest phase of Kao Data's platform expansion has seen the company secure a 39,000-square-meter (419,792-square-foot) former industrial site for sustainable redevelopment at Kenwood Point, Manchester. The new data center, which is planned to become operational in late 2025, will provide space for nine data halls, creating a leading infrastructure hub to support Greater Manchester's growing technology ecosystem and the United Kingdom's largest HPC and AI sectors outside of London and the Oxford-Cambridge arc.