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Microsoft Newport Data Center Campus

Imperial Park / Celtic Way, Newport, Wales, United KingdomUnder construction
Evidence
Headline capacity
Not established in published records
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

On May 28, 2026, Microsoft described its Newport data center as nearing completion; this is a construction-progress update, not an opening announcement. Microsoft's 40-acre Newport site has advanced from a 2022 acquisition and 2023 consultation to planning approval and active construction. By October 2025, Microsoft described the structure as partially complete and documented significant steel reuse and recycling.

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

Land acquisition and pre-applicationAnnounced or preconstruction

Former Quinn Radiators factory at Imperial Park/Celtic Way.

Planning approvalAnnounced or preconstruction

2 buildings

Two data center units reported in local planning coverage; obtain the primary decision notice before verified badge.

Data-center constructionUnder construction

2 buildings

No site capacity or opening date was disclosed in the reviewed official source.

UK Circular CenterUnder construction

1 building

Supporting circular-economy facility; not an additional data center building or capacity phase.

Milestones (5)
Microsoft purchases former radiator factory

2022 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Land acquired

Source not linked
Pre-application consultation published

Sep 2023 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Permit filed

Source not linked
Newport council approval reported

Jul 3, 2024 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Permit approved

Source not linked
GBP 104,000 active-travel obligation reported

Oct 8, 2024 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked
Microsoft documents active Newport construction

Oct 22, 2025 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Status changed

Source not linked

Participants

Microsoft

Owner

Sources by role
Owner (1)
Owner (1)
Other participants (1)
Newport City Council

Government authority

Sources by role
Government authority (1)
Government authority (1)

Site & development

Development status

Actual

Under construction

Source

Former site use

Actual

Quinn Radiators factory

Source

Site area

Actual

40 acres

Source

Land acquisition year

Actual

2022

Land acquisition and pre-application · Phase

Source

Additional project facts

Pre application consultation

Actual

Draft planning consultation

Land acquisition and pre-application · Phase

Source

Reused structural steel share

Actual

10 %

Data-center construction · Phase

Source

Reuse emissions avoided

Reported rounded

520 metric tonnes CO2

Data-center construction · Phase

Source

Recycled steel share

Actual

74 %

Data-center construction · Phase

Source

Recycled steel emissions savings

Reported rounded

4,400 metric tonnes CO2

Data-center construction · Phase

Source

Circular center throughput target

Forecast

226,800 kg per year

UK Circular Center · Phase

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (3)
Site facility

Under construction

10 % of structural steel

Reused from the former factory; Microsoft estimates about 520 metric tonnes CO2 avoided.

Site facility

Under construction

74 % overall

Microsoft estimates about 4,400 metric tonnes CO2 savings.

Site facility

Under construction

226,800 kg per year target

Microsoft's 2025 announcement describes a nearby UK Circular Center with a target of about 226,800 kg/year of materials reuse and recycling. This target is not evidence of achieved throughput, compute capacity or a verified same-parcel facility.

Other · Documented

Newport Imperial Park data center

Newport City Council

Sep 1, 2023

Sources (1)
Building · Documented

Newport Imperial Park data center

Newport City Council

Jul 3, 2024

Sources (2)

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.