Latos has secured planning approval for a new £100m data centre dedicated to AI inference workloads.
The 18,836 sq ft facility will be developed at Preston Farm Industrial Estate in Stockton-on-Tees and will feature NVIDIA’s latest Blackwell GPUs.
As a neural edge infrastructure specialist, Latos aims to bring the site online in early 2027.
“From robotics to autonomous transportation, real-time AI is set to transform how we live and work,” said Latos managing director Andy Collin.
“But businesses need totally new data centre infrastructure to capitalise on these opportunities.
“We pioneered neural edge designs to meet this need. They support the most demanding workloads, are highly energy efficient and can be built faster and at lower cost than conventional data centres.”
Latos explained that neural edge data facilities are distinct from traditional cloud centres, designed specifically to remove data latency and optimise performance for AI applications.
Founded in 2021, the company is advancing plans to roll out neural edge data centres across key UK cities, including Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Glasgow, with the ambition of building a nationwide network to strengthen Britain’s AI infrastructure sovereignty.
This latest announcement comes amid a wave of major investment commitments from US tech giants such as Microsoft, CoreWeave and Google, all seeking to expand their data infrastructure presence in the UK.
