Acquired in 2023 by nLighten as part of a strategic expansion into the UK market, nLighten Bristol BRS1 is a high-performance edge data center located in the Aztec West Business Park. The facility is currently undergoing a £15 million modernization to support high-density AI workloads and improve efficiency, offering 2,040 m² of secure whitespace powered by 100% renewable energy.
2025 : nLighten launched a £15 million infrastructure upgrade to transition the site into a high-efficiency facility with a design PUE of 1.2 – 1.3.
2023: The facility was acquired by nLighten (backed by I Squared Capital) as part of its acquisition of the full Proximity Data Centers portfolio, rebranding the site from "Edge 9" to BRS1.
2022: The site officially opened for public colocation as Proximity Edge 9 following a £13.1 million acquisition and refurbishment.
2000 – 2022: The building served as a private, enterprise-grade data center for Capgemini, supporting major corporate and government IT infrastructure.
1995: The facility was originally constructed at 1120 Park Avenue as a purpose-built data center for the financial services firm Sun Alliance.
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| 1.10 miles | Wavenet: Bristol | |
| 12.31 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us |
Vantage plans to develop the CWL5 data center campus in Caldicot, UK.
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| 12.41 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us |
This facility is part of Vantage's CWL5 campus in Caldicot, UK.
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| 12.47 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us |
This facility is part of Vantage's CWL5 campus in Caldicot, UK.
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| 12.48 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us |
This facility is part of Vantage's CWL5 campus in Caldicot, UK.
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| 12.53 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us |
This facility is part of Vantage's CWL5 campus in Caldicot, UK.
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| 12.58 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us |
This facility is part of Vantage's CWL5 campus in Caldicot, UK.
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| 16.42 miles | Era4: Newport, South Wales |
Era4 (formerly Carbon3.ai) is planning a modular AI data center at the Liberty Steel plant site along the River Usk in Newport, South Wales.
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| 17.59 miles | Ark: Spring Park |
The Spring Park campus is currently home to five other data centres. Data centres P1, P2, P3 and SQ17 are operational whereas P4 is nearing completion. Advanced works for P5 North have begun.
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| 17.69 miles | Ark: Spring Park P1 |
The Spring Park campus is currently home to five other data centres. Data centres P1, P2, P3 and SQ17 are operational whereas P4 is nearing completion. Advanced works for P5 North have begun.
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| 17.75 miles | Ark: Spring Park P2 |
The Spring Park campus is currently home to five other data centres. Data centres P1, P2, P3 and SQ17 are operational whereas P4 is nearing completion. Advanced works for P5 North have begun.
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| 17.76 miles | Ark: Spring Park P3 |
The Spring Park campus is currently home to five other data centres. Data centres P1, P2, P3 and SQ17 are operational whereas P4 is nearing completion. Advanced works for P5 North have begun.
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| 17.80 miles | Ark: Spring Park P4 |
The Spring Park campus is currently home to five other data centres. Data centres P1, P2, P3 and SQ17 are operational whereas P4 is nearing completion. Advanced works for P5 North have begun.
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| 17.86 miles | Ark: Spring Park P5 |
Ark Data Centres has been given approval to build another data center at it's Spring campus near Corsham in the UK.
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| 18.00 miles | Ark: Spring Park P6 |
Ark Data Centres is proposing a £250 million expansion of its Spring Park campus in Wiltshire, UK, on an 18-acre site known as "Donkey Field."
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| 19.40 miles | Vantage CWL13 | |
| 19.63 miles | Vantage Cardiff CWL1 |
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| 19.70 miles | Edge PointInterested in this information?Contact us |
This facility is part of Microsoft's CWL01 Campus in Newport.
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| 19.71 miles | Ridge AlphaInterested in this information?Contact us |
Microsoft is developing a large single-story data center next to Vantage's Newport campus in Newport, Wales.
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nLighten is a digital infrastructure platform owned by I Squared Capital, a leading global infrastructure investor. The company is developing innovative edge data centers distributed across European key economic hubs to provide best-in-class network access to regional, national, and global enterprises, private users, and the mobile workforce. Through the strategic distribution of its edge data centers, nLighten is working towards establishing a pan-European presence in all major cities and providing access to low latency and proximity to end users across Europe.
The edge data centers developed by nLighten are designed to meet the increasing demand for faster and more reliable data processing and storage, while also being mindful of environmental impact. nLighten was founded in 2021 by a core team with many years of experience and wide-ranging expertise in the data center sector. The team's main motivation was to create the next step for the data center industry and align edge data centers with the green transition.
nLighten's goal is to build and operate the leading pan-European edge data center platform. The company's focus on strategic locations, low latency, and environmental consciousness positions it as an innovative player in the European digital infrastructure landscape.
nLighten has grown rapidly through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions:
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