Latest milestone reached in multi-billion pound county investment

03 Dec 2024 ARCHIVED (over 3 months old) - view latest news

The latest milestone has been reached to bring a multi-billion pound data centre to the county.  

An outline planning application has now been submitted by QTS to the County Council for the erection of up to ten data centre buildings totalling up to 540,000 square metres along with ancillary structures, substation and other associated works.  

The state-of-the-art facility at Cambois would represent a significant inward investment of up to £10 billion, one of the largest in the UK.  

 It will also deliver hundreds of long-term jobs to operate the centres, plus 1,200 long-term construction jobs over several years of construction.  
  
It will also enable the Council to establish a £110m fund which will drive long-term investment, including in growth and jobs schemes in the economic corridor along the new Northumberland Line which will open in December 2024.    

Council leader Glen Sanderson said: “I welcome this latest step in the development of what will be one of western Europe’s largest Artificial Intelligence data hub at Cambois.   

“Subject to it meeting all the requirements of the planning committee, this scheme is a multi-billion vote of confidence in Northumberland’s future.”  

The application will be considered by the council’s Strategic Planning Committee early in the New Year.  

The application can be viewed via the County Council’s planning portal  and searching for 4/04112/OUTES