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February 13, 2026
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This facility was formerly operated by Proximity Data Centres before being acquired and rebranded by nLighten in late 2023. It serves as a primary edge hub for the Liverpool and North Wales region, targeting Tier III design standards.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 3.64 miles | LCRDC: Liverpool City Queen's |
Liverpool City Region Data Centres (LCRDC) Liverpool City Queen's is an edge colocation data center located in the Baltic Triangle area of Liverpool.
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| 4.61 miles | Level3 Liverpool | |
| 4.77 miles | AIMES DC1 Baird House |
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| 4.82 miles | LCRDC: Liverpool City King Edward |
Strategically located at the north edge of Liverpool City Centre, this 6800sqft colocation facility offers multiple configuration options.
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| 4.85 miles | AIMES Liverpool Innovation Park |
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| 5.96 miles | LCRDC: Wallasey Water Tower |
Strategically located in this historic county of Cheshire, this 3500sqft colocation facility offers multiple configuration options for customers.
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| 7.00 miles | nLighten: Chester MAN1 |
The nLighten Chester (MAN1) facility is a Tier III-standard edge data center located on the Dunkirk Trading Estate.
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| 8.13 miles | LCRDC: Bootle Hornby |
Strategically located within South Sefton, this Edge Data Centre is a central gateway to the local digital businesses, such as those in AI, retail, shipping, education, gaming, sensors and tech businesses.
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| 8.95 miles | L51 Developments: Bootle |
L51 Developments has submitted preliminary plans to Sefton Council for a three-story, 485,000-square-foot data center on a 10-acre site off Bridle Road.
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| 15.89 miles | Level3 Warrington |
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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