DATA4 Escaudain AI Campus
- Planned / design
- 700 MW
- Updated
- Oct 28, 2026
DATA4 plans a EUR 5 billion, four-facility campus on Escaudain's former industrial site, with 700 MW at full buildout and service planned from 2030. DATA4 Escaudain AI Campus is located in Escaudain, Hauts-de-France, FR and is a data center campus in preconstruction status.
Program relationships
Capacity
Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records
A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.
Development
4 buildings
700 MW eventual campus envelope across four future facilities.
First facility/building capacity is undisclosed.
Milestones (3)
Dec 15, 2025 · Recorded actual event
Completed · Event type not stated
Source not linkedJun 12, 2026 · Recorded actual event
Completed · Announced
Source not linked2030 · Forecast / planned record
Forecast · Commercial operation
Source not linkedParticipants
Investor
Sources by role
Investor (1)
- Brookfield Infrastructure Q2 2023 letter to unitholders · Aug 3, 2023 · Primary
Developer · Operator
Sources by role
Developer / Operator (1)
- In Northern France, DATA4 launches its largest data center campus to support Europe's AI growth · Jun 12, 2026 · Primary
Developer (1)
- DATA4 confirms its largest data center project in Northern France · Jun 12, 2026 · Corroborating
Other participants (1)
Government authority
Sources by role
Government authority (1)
- DATA4 confirms its largest data center project in Northern France · Jun 12, 2026 · Primary
Government authority (1)
- La Porte du Hainaut and DATA4 launch a data-center campus in Escaudain · Jun 12, 2026 · Corroborating
Capital & incentives
Capital claims and financing records may overlap. Their amounts are not added together.
Capital claims
Financing records
Planned project investment
€5,000,000,000Jun 12, 2026
Site-specific campus investment plan; financing instrument, draw schedule and lender group not disclosed.
Parties & sources
Brookfield Asset Management (Platform equity sponsor) · DATA4 Group (Developer / sponsor)
Sources (2)
Site & development
Additional project facts
Infrastructure & permits
Technical details (2)
Planned or represented
700 MW
700 MW eventual campus envelope; binding utility-service terms and first-delivery tranche remain public gaps.
Planned or represented
DATA4 plans server-heat recovery, but no named buyer, network capacity or delivered heat is public.
Project map
Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.