Manchester
Our new data centre, proposed for the Greater Manchester borough of Stockport, represents an investment of £350 million and when it becomes operational in Q3-2027, will be Northern England’s largest facility.
Following our award-winning high-performance design, efficiency and sustainability ethos, the data centre will provide capacity for more than 4,000 racks, all powered by 100% renewable energy.
Download our Why Manchester? whitepaper and find out why Kao Data chose the city for our most ambitious data centre project yet.
Key Facts
Location
Address
- Kenwood Point, Kenwood Road, Reddish, Stockport, SK5 6PH
Travel
- Road: M60/M67 interchange (10 mins)
- Train: Stockport is on the Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston line
- Airport: Manchester (20 mins)
Data Centres
- KMAN-01 (33MW Under Development)
Technical Specs
- Size: 40,000 m2
- Technology Suites: TBC
- Technical Space: 11,000 m2
- Estimated Racks: 4,000+
We are thrilled that Kao Data have chosen to invest in Greater Manchester. Manchester is thriving and continues to be ambitious.
Sam Booth, Chief Executive, pro-manchester
Why Manchester?
Scalability
Northern England’s largest data centre, offering multi-megawatt Technology Suites designed to hyperscale standards
AI & HPC Provision
Designed to NVIDIA DGX-Ready standards, KMAN-01 will offer capacity for GPU-accelerated AI and HPC.
TCO Focused
Our basis of design provides ultra-efficient, customisable hosting environments operating at a PUE of 1.2.
Connectivity
As the second most connected city in the UK, KMAN-01 will access a variety of high-density, low latency fibre routes.
Sustainability
KMAN-01 will set a new benchmark for sustainability, utilising BREEAM ‘Excellent’ architecture and 100% renewable energy.
Media Specialism
Located close to Manchester’s media, broadcasting, SFX and CGI clusters, KMAN-01 is the ideal home.
Kao Data’s facilities will provide infrastructure to ensure the growth and scale-up around cloud services, internet applications and data storage – harnessing the full potential of emerging technologies.
Katie Gallagher, Managing Director, Manchester Digital & Chair of UK Tech Cluster Group
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