Vantage has revealed plans to develop a major data center campus in Wales, UK.

As reported by Nation.Cymru, Vantage has launched a consultation on plans to redevelop a former Ford car manufacturing plant in Bridgend into a “multi-billion-pound” data center campus.

“Our investment in Bridgend will help the community prosper, bringing a range of high-quality jobs and other opportunities during construction and operations,” the company said in the consultation.

Site plans suggest the site could total 10 buildings and three substations developed over a 10-15 year period, though further specifications weren’t shared.

The company aims to formally submit its plans to local officials by the spring and start construction in early 2026, developing in phases through to 2040.

Vantage claims the campus will be net zero by 2030, powered by renewable energy, use minimal water, and be able to offer its waste heat to district heating networks.

Located to the west of the Welsh capital Cardiff, Ford stopped production at the plant in 2020, with Vantage acquiring the 1.3 million sq ft (120,000 sqm) site in May 2024.

The Ford engine plant opened in 1980 and produced more than 22 million engines for Ford, Volvo, Jaguar, and Land Rover vehicles. The company closed it down as part of cost-cutting measures, citing falling demand for the type of engines it produced.

Vantage already has a presence in Wales after it bought Next Generation Data, which runs a campus outside Cardiff and a site in Newport, in 2020. Microsoft Azure is a major tenant at the Newport facility.

The Newport campus opened in 2010 on the site of a former LG semi-conductor plant, a property that had stood vacant for more than a decade prior to development. At full build-out, the 46-acre site will total 2 million sq ft (186,000 sqm) and 148MW across three three-story buildings.