Kao Data Manchester
Verified profile of Kao Data Manchester (Kao Data), a 40 MW data centre in Manchester, United Kingdom: mapped location, grid context and nearby renewables.
MW
40
Substations <25 km
—
Renewables <25 km
—
Renewable MW nearby
—
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Technical data
Published capacity
40 MW
Year
Not published
Operator
Kao Data
Grid connection
No mapped substation within 25 km
BtMData grid mapping
Fibre latency (physical estimate)
~3.6 ms RTT → London (262 km)
Computed: geodesic distance / 200 km·ms⁻¹
Current ambient temperature
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Live weather measurement
Latency is a physical lower-bound estimate, not a real network measurement.
Connectivity: network and transport
Nearby infrastructure from OpenStreetMap, queried live.
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Data centre record
| Operator / developer | Kao Data |
|---|---|
| Published capacity | 40 MW |
| City | Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Address | — |
| Coordinates | 53.48000, -2.24000 |
| Year | — |
| Status | Announced |
| Phase | New campus announced with ~£350m investment |
| Expected year | 2027 |
| IT load | — |
| Capacity note | 40 MW under construction since 02-10-2024; operational expected Q3 2027 (Kao Data, 02-10-2024; official site). |
| PUE | — |
| Energy type | — |
| Renewable energy | — |
| Energy note | — |
| Certifications | — |
| Certification note | — |
| Record last reviewed | 16/10/2026 |
We only publish verifiable data. Anything the operator does not publish shows as “—”; it is never estimated.