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We have recently been made aware of a YouTube discussing our forthcoming data centre development in Stockport, and speculation regarding our investment in the region.

Since the Kenwood Point site was purchased in 2023 we’ve demolished the previous concrete works in line with our planning expectations, and the site has been prepared for the construction phase, which will commence in-line with power delivery to the site.

As with all complex, industrial scale projects like this it takes time, especially to get power delivered to the site. Work, including the development of an on-site substation, and the delivery of the power cabling remains ongoing. Power is anticipated to be delivered in late 2027 and in line with that we expect the data centre buildings to be constructed in 2027 and the facility to be operational in 2028.

Data centres cost a lot of money to be constructed, and the £350 million we are investing into this development is privately funded.

Andy Burnham visited the site (pre-demolition) in October 2024 in his capacity as Mayor of Manchester.

The video also touches on a number of points in regard to the data centre’s future operations:

  • Electricty Costs – There will be no impact on local resident’s electricity bills. There is no link between the additional, industrial wholesale power being delivered for the data centre, and the residential power people use in their homes nearby.
  • Water – We won’t be using water from the nearby river. The data centre will operate a ‘closed-loop’ cooling system (similar to a car radiator) which means across a 20-year period, the data centre will use less water than 2 families of 4 use in a year. There will also be no impact on local resident’s water pressure, or water quality.
  • Recycling Plant – This is a completely separate business and entity and its operations and storage are outside of the proposed data centre boundary.

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