Ark Data Centres Cody Park Campus
Farnborough, Hampshire, UK (Old Ively Road, Cody Technology Park) · Operational since 2010 (founded 2005, shaping data infrastructure since 2010)
The judgement call
Account-gated at launchFlagship campus known for its off-site modular construction and excellent PUE [180]. - Strategic focus on sustainability and cutting carbon through smarter design and operations [183]. - Partnership with ABB to power the UK's first AI data centre, demonstrating innovation in meeting new demands [179]. - Commitment to providing scalable and secure data centre solutions for hyperscalers, governments, and global enterprises [185].
Key engineering challenges
Designing and building a high-integrity, ultra-high security data centre campus [180, 181]. - Achieving industry-leading energy efficiency (sub-1.3 PUE) through smarter design and operations [180, 183]. - Implementing off-site modular construction for rapid delivery and reduced embodied carbon [180, 184]. - Powering AI data centres, which have unique and demanding power requirements [179].
Project facts
- Client / owner
- Ark Data Centres
- Lead contractor
- Ark Data Centres (with partners like ABB for AI data centre power solutions) [179]
- Lead designers
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- Project type
- new build; upgrade
- Scale
- 36-acre campus, 25MW (wholesale-focused campus), 51 MW (compute capacity across six modular data centers) [180, 181, 182]. Sub-1.3 PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) [180].
- Disciplines
- Electrical engineering; mechanical engineering; civil engineering; data centre architecture; security engineering; environmental engineering.
- Standards & frameworks
- Uptime Institute Tier standards (implied by high-integrity design), industry best practices for data centre security and sustainability.
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