Elite UK REIT has submitted plans for an 80-megawatt data centre campus at Peel Park in Blackpool.
The 39-acre site is near a transatlantic subsea internet cable linking Blackpool with North America and Europe. Elite said it had secured power supply sufficient for the facility and is now in discussions to bring renewable power supplies to the site from wind power infrastructure nearby.
Joshua Liaw, chief executive at Elite UK REIT Management, said: “Following the expansion of the REIT’s investment mandate in April 2024, we have identified several high-yield assets within our portfolio for strategic repositioning. One key asset is Peel Park, which we believe has significant potential to be transformed into a cutting-edge data centre campus. Its strategic location offers low latency and reduced emissions, making it highly attractive to data centre operators and end-users.”
