nLighten Edge 3 Bridgend

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Fully operational facility

Wales

Country
United Kingdom

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Western Europe

Region
Europe

Region
EMEA

Region

nLighten Edge 3 Bridgend

Short Code: CWL1

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Map and Nearby Locations

Bridgend Science Park

nLighten Sites

Nearby Facilities

Sites within 15 miles of nLighten Edge 3 Bridgend

Distance	Site	About
1.77 miles	Vantage: Bridgend CWL4	Vantage has launched a consultation on its plans, which involve developing up to 10 buildings and three substations over a 10-15 year period.
1.81 miles	Vantage: CWL4 Expansion
2.12 miles	CGI: Waterton	The CGI Waterton Data Centre (sometimes referred to as the Bridgend Data Centre) is a key facility for CGI in the UK.
8.04 miles	Vantage: CWL23	This facility is part of Vantage's CWL2 Campus in Barry, United Kingdom.
8.06 miles	Vantage: CWL22	This facility is part of Vantage's CWL2 Campus in Barry, United Kingdom.
8.12 miles	Vantage: Bro Tathan CWL2	Data center company Vantage is planning to build a new campus in St. Athan, a village west of Cardiff, on a 10.9-hectare plot of land north of the Ffordd Bro Tathan business park.
8.54 miles	Western Bio-Energy: Port Talbot	Western Bio-Energy, which operates the Western Wood biomass power plant in Port Talbot, has proposed building a new data center in South Wales.
9.20 miles	Maska: Rhondda Cyon Taf, Wales	Developer Maska Group has submitted plans for a two-story data center in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales.
12.31 miles	Clearstream: Pontypridd	Located in Church Village near Cardiff, the Clearstream Centre is a high-efficiency Tier 3-standard data center that occupies a uniquely robust former electricity substation.
17.20 miles	Keppel Cardiff UK	Cardiff Data Centre is located in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales in the United Kingdom. The facility was acquired from BT Global Services for £34m in 2016.
17.26 miles	LINX: Wales	The LINX Wales Point of Presence (PoP) at BT Stadium House is a critical interconnection hub in Cardiff.
19.27 miles	Curtis Hall: Llanrumney, Cardiff	A new 40-acre data center campus proposed for Llanrumney, Cardiff, is sparking significant local debate as it threatens to replace a vital park and ride facility serving the University Hospital of Wales.
19.49 miles	Latos: Cardiff 2	The facility will be a part of Latos Cardiff Campus in Wales.
19.50 miles	Latos: Cardiff, Wales	UK data center firm Lotus has received approval to build its first hyperscale complex near Cardiff. The project will include three eight-story facilities spanning 50,400 square meters (542,500 square feet).
19.51 miles	Latos: Cardiff 3	The facility will be a part of Latos Cardiff Campus in Wales.

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Operating Company

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.

Expansion and Acquisitions

nLighten has grown rapidly through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions:

In June 2023, the company acquired Euclyde Data Centers, a French regional platform with six carrier-neutral data centers.
In September 2023, nLighten completed the acquisition of Proximity Data Centers, a leading UK edge platform with ten carrier-neutral data centers.
The company also acquired 10 carrier data center sites from its sister company Exa Infrastructure.

Facilities

67MW

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nLighten Secures Major Geneva Data Center Services Contract

May 07, 2026 nLighten

The canton of Geneva, Switzerland, has signed a new data center colocation agreement with nLighten. As detailed in a tender issued by the Geneva Cantonal Office for Information Systems and Digital Technology (OCSIN), the 10-year contract with the European operator’s Swiss subsidiary is worth CHF...

Data Center Plans in Wales Turned Down by Council

April 28, 2026 Wales

A proposal to convert a former chemical plant into an AI data center in North Wales, UK, has been rejected by the local council. Anglesey County Council turned down the planning application for the site of the former Octel factory at Amlwch Port, according to the North Wales Chronicle. Carbon3.ai...

nLighten Will Feed Waste Heat From its Stuttgart Data Center Into the Local District Heating Network

February 13, 2026 nLighten

European Edge data center developer nLighten has signed a deal to connect one of its data centers in the German city of Stuttgart to the city’s district heating network.“The excess heat project with nLighten creates an added value for everyone involved: it delivers climate-friendly heat for our...

Mavin to install Powercube data center in South Wales

February 23, 2024 Wales

Mavin, a UK-based IT services firm has announced it will install a Powercube data center at the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GRCE) in Onllwyn, South Wales. “We are delighted to agree this partnership with Mavin and to utilize their cutting-edge Powercube design at the Global Centre of Rail...

Gibtelecom initiates tree planting scheme in Wales

January 14, 2022 Wales

Gibtelecom has teamed up with the charity Protect Earth for a forestation project. Already, it has planted over 600 native British trees at the Pantpurlais farm, Llandrindod Wells, Wales, including 12 species of native saplings, including 100 Silver Birch, 50 Common Alder, 25 Bird Cherry, and...