Our Aim
We are aiming to build the most sustainable HPC & AI infrastructure in the UK.
By utilising the UK’s abundant renewable energy generation, we will help the country meet its AI growth demands responsibly and with the local community at its heart. We are all about competitively priced, sovereign and sustainable home-grown compute.
Our expertise
Ned Collier, CEO and Founder, brings three directly relevant strands of experience to the consortium:
- Bulk Infrastructure, Norway: Two years embedded within the marketing and communications operation of Europe’s most advanced renewable-powered data centre business – the N01 Campus at Kristiansand, the world’s largest data centre campus powered exclusively by renewable energy, connected directly to multiple hydropower stations on a 300-hectare site planned to reach one gigawatt of capacity. Ned developed a deep understanding of how a hydro-connected, private wire, community heat-reuse data centre campus is conceived, positioned, and taken to market – and, critically, why the Norwegian model has not been replicated in the United Kingdom despite comparable renewable resources.
- CEO, Think & Do London: Leadership of a London-based community climate action organisation working with residents, local authorities, schools, and businesses on practical, place-based responses to the climate and ecological crisis. This role develops the trust-based, co-designed community engagement model that new data centre projects will require.
- Director, Power Up North London: Board-level governance of a community energy organisation that has delivered over 40 renewable energy projects across north London, installed 599 kWp of solar capacity, raised over £350,000 in community investment, and provided energy-saving advice to more than 1,300 households. Direct experience of community energy fundraising, governance, and stakeholder management.
HPC-AI UK has published a substantive analysis of the structural barriers facing competing renewable-digital infrastructure models in Scotland – specifically the CfD settlement complexity, shape risk, and commercial misalignment that prevent offshore wind co-location models from achieving bankability.
Latest news
Data centres and their impact on communities
The data centre industry has a community problem. Ignoring it is no longer an option. The protests that swept across the UK in February were a signal the sector cannot afford to misread. Communities and campaigners joined together outside the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, while residents in…
UK Offshore Wind, Data Centres & BESS
Why co-locating BESS + data centres with Scottish offshore wind is a complex matter.Scotland’s offshore wind pipeline and the UK’s surging data centre demand (especially AI-led load) are colliding in an obvious place: ‘multi-energy campuses’ that combine generation, private-wire supply, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), and large flexible demand. On…
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Renewable energy
Our site will be powered exclusively by renewables. We are looking specifically at hydro in the north west of Scotland, as well as other sources, including onshore wind, solar, and BESS, combined to form multi-energy campuses. We are working with the UK Government to refine CfDs to become better suited to multi-energy zones which could include offshore wind.
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Private wire
Sustainable digital infrastructure can’t wait a decade for grid reinforcement, and with private wire, it doesn’t have to.
By connecting directly to nearby renewable generators, we bypass the connection queue entirely, securing low per-kWh pricing and genuinely green power from day one.
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Community at the heart
All of our projects place the community at the heart. This means we ensure full buy-in from the community through extensive, authentic engagement. This can range from canvassing via door-knocking to community consultation sessions at local community centres.