Status: Permitted | Location: Wilton International, Greystones Roundabout, Lazenby, Teesside TS6 8JF, United Kingdom
The Sembcorp Teesside Data Center Campus is a planned hyperscale digital infrastructure development designed to support high-density artificial intelligence and advanced computing workloads at Wilton International near Lazenby in Teesside, United Kingdom. Developed through a joint venture between Sembcorp Energy UK and digital infrastructure developer Digital Reef, the campus occupies a reported 15.4-hectare site within an established industrial location. Phase 1 has been the subject of formal planning submissions, proposing a multi-building facility with up to 280 MW of IT load capacity. This planned scale positions the development to support computationally intensive applications, including large-scale AI model training, high-performance computing (HPC), deep learning, and enterprise cloud services. These workloads require substantial electrical infrastructure, high-density server deployments, advanced thermal management, and resilient network connectivity. The project's partnership structure brings together Sembcorp's energy-sector expertise and Digital Reef's focus on digital infrastructure, creating a foundation for coordinating power requirements with data center development. Its location at Wilton International also places the campus within Teesside's established industrial environment, potentially offering access to regional infrastructure and energy expertise. If delivered as proposed, the facility could contribute to the UK's expanding AI infrastructure capacity and provide space for organizations seeking large-scale computing resources. The planned 280 MW IT load refers to computing capacity rather than total site electricity demand, which would also include cooling and other facility systems. The supplied information does not confirm the final construction schedule, investment value, tenant commitments, renewable energy arrangements, or specific cooling and connectivity designs. These factors will influence the project's implementation, operating efficiency, and ability to accommodate future AI workloads. Planning progress and the development of supporting power infrastructure will therefore be important milestones in determining the campus's eventual contribution to the UK's hyperscale data center market.
| Field | Value |
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| Project Name | Sembcorp Teesside Data Center Campus |
| Location | Wilton International, Greystones Roundabout, Lazenby, Teesside TS6 8JF, United Kingdom |
| Status | Permitted |
| Project Type | Purpose-Built Multi-Building Hyperscale, Sovereign Cloud & AI Infrastructure Campus |
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| City Name | Lazenby |
| Population | Lazenby |
| Urban Agglomeration | 20,000–30,000 across |
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