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Legal & General Closes €600m Digital Infrastructure Fund

Kao Data investor Legal and General (L&G) has closed a €600 million ($706m) fund that will invest in digital infrastructure projects in Europe and the UK. This is “a key milestone in L&G’s asset management strategy to expand its private markets proposition,” the company said. A second ...

September 10, 2025

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Kao Data CEO Doug Loewe Steps Down

The CEO of UK data center company Kao Data, Doug Loewe, has stepped down. The company claimed that Loewe had "decided to dedicate more of his time" to philanthropic work, a cause with which he has a long history. Loewe was CEO for a year and a half.“On behalf of the Board and the entire team a...

July 04, 2025

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Kao Data names Doug Loewe as CEO

UK data center firm Kao Data this week announced a change of leadership with an appointment of Doug Loewe as its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective immediately. Loewe said, “For almost a decade, Kao Data has established an enviable reputation as a pioneer within the fields of AI and ...

January 09, 2024

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Kao Data to open access to Harlow data center to Jisc

UK operator Kao Data has partnered with Jisc to give the latter's customers access to its Harlow data center capacity. Through this partnership, users of Janet (the UK's national research and education network) will enable Jisc's 18 million+ user base to access capacity at the Harlow data camp...

December 09, 2023

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Kao Data’s second Harlow facility now ready for operation

Kao Data recently completed work on its second data center in Harlow, UK and has noted that the facility is now ready for operations. According to a LinkedIn post shared by the company on November 28, the KLON-02 is a 10MW data center that has been designed and built "to the highest standards...

December 01, 2023

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Kao Data announces expansion Manchester data center

Kao Data has announced plans to develop a new data center in Manchester, UK. The facility, located in Kenwood Point, will offer a capacity of 40 MW and will be the first Kao data center to be built in the North of England. Based on a 39,000 sqm (419,800 sq ft) ex-industrial site, the facilit...

May 12, 2023

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GTR plans to launch UK data center campus before summer

After breaking ground on its new Slough-based campus in January, KKR-funded Global Technical Realty (GTR) has announced that it plans to launch the site before summer 2023. The $1 billion campus, GB One, comprises three independent facilities, each providing 5373 sqm of net technical space and...

May 05, 2023

London: Slough

Slough Council To Sell For Paint Factory To Data Center Developer

Slough Council has agreed to turn a former paint factory zoned for residential development into a data center. The Council decided to sell the site to an unnamed data center developer. Per council documents, the Slough Council acquired the site in February 2021 from Panattoni for £38.5 million...

November 04, 2022

London: Slough

Kennedy Wilson To Develop a 73MW Data Center in Slough, UK

A 73MW data center campus is being planned outside Slough, UK. Developers plan to demolish many office buildings that are not commercially viable to develop the facility. Kennedy Wilson’s affiliate Kwere II filed with the South Buckinghamshire council to develop the data center campus at Frame...

August 23, 2022

London: Slough

Segro applies to build new data center park in Slough, UK

Segro has announced that it has applied to build a new data center park, near Slough, UK. Details outline that the park will span 65,000 sqm (700,000 sq ft) and be located within the Thorney Business Park in Iver. According to the planning statement, the proposed building (DC1) is also accompa...

August 09, 2022

London: Slough

Kao Data explores education around data centers in schools

Kao Data has started a project which will bring data center education into schools, in association with educational charity The Cambridge Science Centre. The project will explore data centers, their importance and their uses with those aged seven to 11 in UK Key Stage 2 (Years 3-6), and the d...

May 17, 2022

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Kao Data is Developing a 10MW Facility in Harlow, UK

Kao Data has revealed plans for another building at its Harlow campus in the UK. The company says it has started working on the second 10MW facility at the campus. Kao said KLON-02 would offer about 1,800 racks across 3,400 square meters of technical space and four data halls. In addition, ...

March 01, 2022

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Kao Data opens 16MW data center in Slough, UK

Kao Data has announced that it has opened a new data center in Slough, UK. The UK data center operator revealed that it opened the 16MW facility to the west of London. The data center will match the operational blueprint and design of Kao’s Harlow campus. In addition, it will also provide a PU...

February 07, 2022

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Infratil buys 40 percent stake in UK's Kao Data

New Zealand investor Infratil has acquired a 40 percent stake in UK data center firm Kao Data. It has also acquired two data centers to add to the company’s portfolio. Infratil is paying £120-130 million” (US$163-177m) for the acquisition of the stakes in the company. CEO of Kao Data, Lee M...

October 05, 2021

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AEW close to selling 1 million sq ft office park in Slough to unnamed data center developer

According to multiple reports, Real estate firm AEW is close to selling a 1 million square feet (92,000 square meters) office park to an unidentified data center firm. AEW will be selling the Bath Road Central office campus for a fee of around £420 million ($579.5m). The real estate firm fi...

September 17, 2021

London: Slough

The future of data center back-up energy

With more and more data center companies committing to climate change initiatives, the industry is also looking at how it can make backup energy more sustainable too. For decades, diesel has served as the primary fuel for traditional backup generators - however, diesel fuels, whilst getting cl...

August 06, 2021

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Kao Data becomes first data center company to use vegetable oil to fuel generators in the UK

Kao Data has announced a huge step towards its net-zero ambitions by switching from diesel to HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) fuel to fuel its backup generators at its Harlow campus. Koa Data is now the first data center company in the UK to make this change and has achieved this through its...

July 21, 2021

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