Kao Data, a specialist developer and operator of high-performance data centres for enterprise, cloud, HPC and AI, has announced a new 40MW data centre in Manchester, UK.
Following the acquisition of two new data centres 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 39,000m2 ex-industrial site for sustainable redevelopment at Kenwood Point, Manchester. The new data centre, 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 UK’s largest high-performance computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) sectors outside of London and the Oxford-Cambridge arc.
Kao Data’s first data centre in the North of England will follow the organisation’s high-performance design, efficiency and sustainability ethos, providing a sustainable, OCP-Ready and NVIDIA-DGX Ready certified infrastructure platform for advanced computing. For example, the facility will deliver an industry-leading PUE of 1.2, be powered by 100% renewable energy and utilise hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) in its generators – providing the region’s highest-grade, sustainable data centre capacity. Furthermore, the data centre will be precision-engineered to incorporate heat reuse capabilities, supporting local communities in its immediate vicinity with a valuable resource in the wake of the cost-of-living crisis.
