An Edge data center for AI workloads could be built in Manchester, UK.

Developer Latos Data Centres has proposed a two-building development spanning 28,000 sq ft (2,601 sqm) for a vacant brownfield site off Bower Street, in the Newton Heath area of Manchester. It is adjacent to the Lowry Park industrial estate.

Latos has submitted a planning application to Manchester City Council, and if approved, it hopes the data center, which will form part of the company’s planned neural Edge network, will be up and running by 2030. Details of targeted IT capacity have not been shared.

Andrew Collin, managing director at Latos Data Centres, said: “Manchester is a leading digital city, and this proposal supports its continued growth by providing the cutting-edge digital infrastructure Manchester needs.

“Our ambition is to deliver a high-quality, sustainable data center designed to meet rigorous environmental and safety standards. We are committed to being a responsible neighbor and will continue to engage with the community and the council throughout the planning process and beyond.”

Latos is a new data center firm, breaking cover in 2024 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.

Latos aims to develop 40 sites planned across Britain by 2030. The company said this ‘neural Edge’ network will create a distributed AI processing capability that ensures no location is more than 50 miles (80.4km) from ultra-low latency artificial intelligence services.

Last year it was granted planning permission to build a £100 million ($136m) data center near Middlesbrough, UK.