CWL1 IS PART OF VANTAGE’ S MULTI- BILLION-POUND INVESTMENT STRATEGY ACROSS SOUTH WALES.
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Vantage Data Centers and Nebius expand UK AI infrastructure with deployment in Wales
Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data centre campuses, and Nebius, the AI cloud company, have agreed to deploy high-density, NVIDIA-powered AI infrastructure at Vantage’ s CWL1 campus in Newport, Wales. The deployment represents the first announced commercial capacity commitment in the South Wales AI Growth Zone and will support growing UK demand for domestic AI compute capacity.
Under the agreement, Nebius will lease high-density capacity at CWL1 to support AI training, inference, Agentic AI and enterprise AI workloads, serving enterprises, researchers, startups and public sector organisations seeking access to advanced AI infrastructure.
This capacity is part of Nebius’ broader UK expansion and commitment to scale domestic AI compute capacity. In June, the company announced approximately £ 1.7 billion of committed capacity buildout across four UK sites. The company’ s UK infrastructure buildout leverages NVIDIA’ s latest full-stack, endto-end DSX AI factory reference design and supports the UK Government’ s AI Opportunities Action Plan. cooling when ambient conditions permit to reduce energy consumption.
CWL1 is part of Vantage’ s multi-billionpound investment strategy across South Wales, where the company expects to deliver more than 1GW of AI-ready capacity across Newport, Bridgend and Bro Tathan.
“ This is an important milestone for South Wales and for the UK’ s AI infrastructure ambitions,” said David Howson, President, EMEA, Vantage Data Centers.“ Nebius is scaling AI cloud infrastructure in the UK at a time when demand for domestic compute capacity continues to accelerate. Vantage’ s Newport campus provides the scale, connectivity and operational excellence needed to support that growth and we’ re proud to help establish South Wales as a leading destination for AI investment.”
“ The UK is one of the places where AI is being built, deployed and adopted by startups, enterprises and the public
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CWL1 IS PART OF VANTAGE’ S MULTI- BILLION-POUND INVESTMENT STRATEGY ACROSS SOUTH WALES.
sector,” said Gary Tierney, General Manager for EMEA at Nebius.“ Vantage’ s Newport campus gives us a strong foundation to expand access to NVIDIApowered AI infrastructure in the UK and support customers building the next generation of AI applications.” �
The agreement builds on Vantage’ s long-standing presence in Newport and reinforces the role hyperscale data centres play in enabling the UK’ s AI economy. Operational since 2010 and one of Europe’ s largest data centre campuses, the CWL1 campus provides the scale, connectivity and power infrastructure required for high-density AI workloads and serves a diverse base of hyperscale, enterprise and public sector customers. Its electricity consumption is matched with 100 % certified renewable energy and its newest facilities are designed to minimise operational water consumption through a closed-loop cooling system that recirculates water rather than evaporating it, supported by air-cooled chillers and the use of free
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