A joint venture between Brookfield and the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has partnered with Drax Group to develop a large-scale AI data centre campus in North Yorkshire, England. [5, 6, 9]
The multi-phase project could attract more than £20 billion ($26.8 billion) in total investment. [7, 13, 16]
The project will be built at Drax Power Station, using the site’s land and grid infrastructure. [8, 16]
The first phase involves a £2.5 billion investment. [4, 5, 9] It aims to bring a 100MW data centre online by early 2028. [4, 5, 9]
Later phases aim to expand capacity to more than 1 gigawatt to meet growing UK demand for AI and high-performance computing. [7, 11, 13]