{"id":7404,"date":"2025-08-26T22:46:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T22:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=7404"},"modified":"2025-08-26T22:46:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T22:46:36","slug":"green-light-for-10bn-data-hub-prep-works-in-northumberland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/green-light-for-10bn-data-hub-prep-works-in-northumberland\/","title":{"rendered":"Green light for \u00a310bn data hub prep works in Northumberland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Preparatory works have been signed off for a \u00a310bn hyperscale data centre at the site of the former Blyth Power Station in Northumberland.<\/p>\n

The planning go-ahead for first stage enabling works marks the first on-the-ground step for one of the UK\u2019s biggest inward investment schemes.<\/p>\n

QTS, owned by Blackstone, secured outline consent in May\u00a0for up to 10 data centre buildings totalling 540,000 sq m, plus substations, emergency generators and ancillary structures.<\/p>\n

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Planned Cambois data centre complex<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Consultant Arcadis advised on the first reserved matters approval, which covers Phase A enabling works and will roll out in stages over 16 months to autumn 2026 across a 54-hectare site.<\/p>\n

This includes setting up compounds, vegetation clearance, perimeter fencing and extensive earthworks to prepare for the full campus build.<\/p>\n

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The 540,000 sq m data hub will use QTS\u2019s closed-loop water system and is expected to generate 1,200 long-term construction jobs over the course of the phased construction programme.<\/p>\n

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The site lies just north of the village of Cambois and will be extensively redeveloped<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The professional team includes London architect Corgan with Cundall providing civils, structural and MEP consultancy.<\/p>\n

Northumberland council leader Glen Sanderson said: \u201cThis marks another significant milestone for QTS\/Blackstone and all of Northumberland, and is another big step forward towards realising the massive benefits and opportunities this scheme will bring.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The county will also benefit from a \u00a3110m fund linked to the project, earmarked for jobs and growth along the Northumberland Line corridor.<\/p>\n

QTS co-CEO Tag Greason added: \u201cThe enabling works approval is a major milestone and the first visible step in delivering on our shared vision with the council.<\/p>\n

“We remain committed to hiring locally, supporting training and economic growth, and being responsible, engaged members of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/gfT6zaR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Preparatory works have been signed off for a \u00a310bn hyperscale data centre at the site of the former Blyth Power Station in Northumberland. The planning go-ahead for first stage enabling works marks the first on-the-ground step for one of the UK\u2019s biggest inward investment schemes. QTS, owned by Blackstone, secured outline consent in May\u00a0for up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-7404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7405,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7404\/revisions\/7405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}