Latos to Accelerate AI in the UK with New Edge Data Centres
- UK’s newest data centre company will design, build, and operate high-performance, volumetric facilities at the network edge, supporting real-time AI
- Fast construction and fit-out – Latos can open new facilities within 6 months
Stockton-upon-Tees, 23 January 2025 – Latos today launched a new capability to design, build, and operate a new generation of small-scale “volumetric” data centres at the network edge. Edge data centres will play a key role in enabling what Accenture has called the “binary big bang” – the transformation of businesses and public services using AI.
Edge-based volumetric data centres enable AI to run faster and safer. Autonomous vehicles and smart transport services depend on real-time AI to avoid accidents. Banks will use it to risk-assess individual customer transactions in milliseconds, stopping fraud in its tracks. Media streaming companies will be able to run advertising tailored to individual customers. Software “agents” that automate mundane office tasks will become ubiquitous.
According to the Bank of England, over 70% of businesses are either investing, or plan to invest in AI over the next three years.
Latos volumetric data centres will be built to Tier III standards, comprise as few as 24 racks with unlimited scaling opportunity, and deliver as much as 100kW of energy per rack. This is enough to support the most intensive AI training tasks: training a generative model like ChatGPT needs around 80kW per rack.
The new facilities will also reflect the latest net-zero building techniques. Constructed from modular components, they will feature high performance power and cooling. Latos plans to design, build, and operate volumetric data centres on behalf of customers across the UK, as well as licensing its designs to partners worldwide.
Latos announcement comes as the UK government reveals plans to expand the UK’s computing capacity 20-fold by 2030 as part of the AI Opportunities Action Plan. It is creating a number of AI Growth Zones (AIGZs) across the UK to help support private investors in data centres and other AI infrastructure.
Mike Carlin, CEO of Latos Data Centres, said: “While we applaud the government for its ambition over the UK’s AI infrastructure, a handful of large-scale data centres in far-flung locations won’t be enough. We’ll need more compute facilities closer to end users – and that means the network edge.”
“We’ve designed Latos volumetric data centres specifically to help organisations capitalise on AI. They are state of the art, quick to build, and cost-effective to run.”
Latos recently announced it is moving into the construction phase of a 50,400 sq. m hyperscale data centre in Cardiff and plans to open a total of 40 data centres across the UK by 2030. latosdc.co.uk
About Latos
Latos develops purpose-built, Tier III aligned data centres that harness renewable energy to support the most demanding applications. From Edge to Hyperscale, it engineers dedicated, tailor-made data solutions that power organisations of all kinds supported by rapid, industry-leading technical services.
More insights
- Career Development with the Digital Futures Programme
- New Data Centre Locations and 9 Other DC Trends
- Sweden Data Centre Market Report
Inside Data Centre Podcast
Subscribe to the DC Digest
Your fortnightly update on everything going on in the data centre industry, all in one place.
Other insights
-
Career Development with the Digital Futures Programme
The transition from education to the workplace can be a daunting one, but hands-on experiences and industry connections, like the ones provided by the Digital Futures Programme, can make all the difference.
-
New Data Centre Locations and 9 Other DC Trends
We’ve summarised the key points from the Soben Data Centre Trends report, with information on the new data centre locations hotspots and skills shortage.
-
Sweden Data Centre Market Report
Download the Sweden data centre market report for more information on power availability, market value and emerging trends in Sweden.
-
Three Data Centre Events You Won’t Want to Miss
Information about the biggest three data centre events in February 2025.
-
Key Takeaways from JLL’s 2025 Global Data Center Outlook
We’ve read JLL’s 2025 Global Data Center Outlook Report and picked out the key takeaways for each of the four talking points: AI, power grids, liquid cooling, and capital markets.
-
A Look Back at the Inside Data Centre Podcast in 2024
As we head into a new year, it’s interesting to look back at what has been an extraordinary year for the Inside Data Centre Podcast, hosted by Andy Davis.