KAO Data, the specialist developer and operator of data centres engineered for AI and advanced computing, has today announced a multi-megawatt (MW) AI infrastructure deployment with Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS), the leading AI cloud company, at its Harlow data centre campus.

The 22MW, 10-year agreement will support AI innovation within the UK’s world-leading academic and research communities, and the roll-out of the Government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan – reinforcing Kao Data’s Harlow campus as a leading European hub for industrial-scale AI research, enterprise and GPU-accelerated computing.

Today Nebius is one of the fastest-growing, global leaders in AI cloud computing. Its innovative Nebius AI Cloud platform and managed inference service, Nebius Token Factory, will be hosted within Kao Data’s Harlow campus, which is one of the UK’s most advanced computing environments, specifically engineered for AI.

Crucially, with Kao Data’s Harlow campus powered by 100% renewable energy, supported by HVO-powered generators, and its KLON-03 facility using the latest advancements in energy efficient, direct-to-chip liquid cooling to minimise water usage, the data centre campus will ensure Nebius’s UK infrastructure is aligned with the company’s approach to sustainable AI.

Speaking on the announcement, Spencer Lamb, CEO, Kao Data, said, “Today marks a significant milestone in the evolution of the Kao Data portfolio and a landmark moment in the UK’s AI ambitions. Nebius is an impressive global AI cloud operator, and we are delighted to welcome such a significant deployment into our Harlow data centre campus. This partnership proves that despite challenging macroeconomic circumstances, demand for industrial scale, UK-based, cutting-edge AI remains high, with Kao Data the perfect platform for the latest AI workloads.”

“We’re pleased to be continuing our expansion in the UK with Kao Data,” said Andrey Korolenko, Chief Product and Infrastructure Officer at Nebius. “The UK is a major destination for AI and is becoming an important part of Nebius’s global footprint. By bringing dedicated capacity to support inference workloads, we can enable UK AI builders and enterprises to achieve their AI goals.”

A Reference Platform NVIDIA Cloud Partner, Nebius is building a full-stack AI cloud platform for developers and companies — from data and model training to production deployment. Part of the capacity at Kao Data will be dedicated to Nebius Token Factory, a production-scale inference platform that enables AI companies and digital enterprises to deploy and optimise open AI models at scale.

The new 22MW deployment at Kao Data also forms part of Nebius’ £1.7 Billion investment into the UK, which was announced this morning — further highlighting Nebius’s role in enhancing the country’s domestic compute capacity by enabling British organisations and industry to harness the power of AI to drive economic growth via one of the UK’s largest AI cloud deployments.