UK data center firm Latos is looking to develop a data center campus outside Middlesbrough.

First reportedly by GazetteLive, the company has filed an application with Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council to develop a new data center campus in the County Durham town.

Latos aims to develop two buildings (DC 01 and 02) on 1.85 acres along Westland Way within the Preston Farm Industrial Estate in Stockton-on-Tees, as well as two electricity substations.

The two buildings would total 1,725 sqm (18,595 sq ft), with one large data hall each. The site is currently vacant and derelict.

In the application, Latos said the facility would be a “Neura Data Centre,” which it describes as a “new kind of data center purpose-built for high-speed compute, real-time AI, and seamless integration into the environments that demand the most processing power.”

“Compact yet capable, it delivers enterprise-grade performance without the sprawl, enabling intelligent systems to operate closer to where insights are made,” the company noted. On its website, Latos says Neura facilities can offer an average of 80kW per rack, scaling to 300kW.

Latos is a new data center firm, breaking cover last year with plans for a 90MW data center campus in Cardiff, Wales.

Quietly founded in 2021, reports of Latos first surfaced in 2022, when ISP Review reported on the company’s request for Code Powers from UK regulator Ofcom as part of a plan to build out a fiber network.

According to Latos’ website, the company has secured two other sites in the northwest of England – with a dozen more in negotiation.

Privately-held Latos reportedly plans to open 40 purpose-built data centers across the UK by 2030 – a combination of hyperscale and smaller modular Edge facilities.

Its Edge deployments require 0.3 acres of land and can be delivered in six months, according to the company.

Located in the northeast of England, Middlesbrough has a minimal data center market. Lumen operates an old Level 3 facility in the city, while Stratus Technologies (now Unity) operated a facility in the area. Redcar & Cleveland Council gave the green light for a 48MW data center campus on a former chemicals plant site in 2023, but it’s unclear if work has begun.

UK fiber firm CityFibre has a two-cabin fiber exchange in Stockton near Grangefield Academy on Oxbridge Avenue.