Latos Unveils £100 Million AI Data Centre in Stockton-on-Tees

Latos, revolutionising data centre solutions for a brighter, sustainable data‑driven future, led by Mike Carlin, Matty Carlin, Andrew Collin, Peter Wilcock, and others, has announced it has secured full planning approval for its first revolutionary neural edge facility in Stockton-on-Tees. The £100 million state-of-the-art facility will deliver game-changing AI inference capabilities and absolute data sovereignty, marking the beginning of Latos' ambitious 40-site national rollout.

The £100M Latos neural edge facility at Preston Farm Industrial Estate in Stockton spans two data halls totaling 1,750 sq.m and will open in early 2027, housing the latest Nvidia Blackwell GPUs.

Andy Collin, Managing Director of Latos Data Centres, said: “From robotics to autonomous transport, real-time AI will transform how we live and work. Businesses need new data centre infrastructure to harness these opportunities. Our neural edge designs deliver high-performance, energy-efficient solutions that are faster and more cost-effective than conventional data centres.”

Neural edge facilities eliminate latency by bringing AI computing closer to end users, enabling advanced use cases such as augmented reality, smart manufacturing, and predictive healthcare. They deliver millisecond AI inference for real-time capabilities beyond the limits of centralized cloud processing, while ensuring sovereign data remains within the UK for maximum security. Equipped with state-of-the-art Nvidia Blackwell GPUs optimized for large language models and computer vision, the facilities are also connected via a distributed intelligence network to Latos’s planned national infrastructure.

The Tees Valley, the UK’s fastest-growing region for startups, is home to leading manufacturers and the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), driving strong demand for Latos’ Stockton facility. This site kicks off a national expansion of 40 neural edge locations by 2030, creating distributed AI processing with no location more than 50 miles from ultra-low latency services. Future hubs in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, and Glasgow will position the UK as a global leader in sovereign AI infrastructure. Andy Collin said, “Our nationwide neural edge network shifts beyond centralized cloud computing, empowering British companies to thrive with AI.”