UK real estate firm Harworth Group has identified a plot of land suitable for data center development and is in discussions with multiple companies to sell the site.

“The group is confirming today that it has identified a second site in its current portfolio of powered land that can deliver a hyperscale data center,” the company said this week as part of its H1 trading update. “Harworth has entered advanced negotiations with several counterparties for the sale of the site, which benefits from planning consent and power connections.”

Further details about the target site have not been shared.

Harworth owns and manages a portfolio of more than 15,000 acres across more than 100 sites in the North of England and the Midlands. It has developed industrial sites across the likes of Leeds, Liverpool, Bolton, Sheffield, and Northampton.

The company previously sold land to Microsoft in 2024 for a data center development. The Skelton Grange site in Leeds sold for $106.6 million. The new deal reportedly has the potential to be “ahead” of that 2024 transaction.

Harworth said its potential landbank totals 800MW and offers value yet to be realized.

“Beyond this transaction, there are further potential hyperscale data center opportunities within the group’s current portfolio, as well as smaller-scale digital infrastructure projects across its sites, including colocation facilities and Edge providers,” the company said.

Harworth previously announced plans to move away from residential developments, focusing 85 percent of its portfolio towards industrial & logistics by 2029. Some 70 percent of the firm’s portfolio was industrial & logistics by the end of 2025. Harworth this week said it was accelerating the reallocation of capital to powered land and industrial opportunities due to the “scale and strength of opportunities” across its pipeline.

Lynda Shillaw, Harworth CEO, said: “Harworth specializes in unlocking land at scale, with planning and power secured, and this is key to capturing high-returning development opportunities across the data center and advanced manufacturing sectors. Our second data center opportunity that we are highlighting today underlines Harworth’s position as one of the most significant regional players in the rollout of the UK’s digital infrastructure, working with some of the largest operators in the industry.”

She continued: “With our unique skillset, extensive land bank and 800MW of power connections across our portfolio either conditionally secured or in the pipeline, we are well positioned to accelerate our reallocation of capital to powered land and industrial growth sectors. This in turn will create a simpler, higher-returning platform to deliver sustainable future growth.”