Data center · England, United Kingdom
nLighten Chester data centre
nLighten Chester data centre is a data centre in England, United Kingdom, with a 4,955 m² building, operated by nLighten UK Ltd.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Chester, CH1 6LT | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | nLighten UK Ltd | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Building footprint | 4,955 m² (building) | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.2453, -2.9295 | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this data center and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its power supply, grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow its operator compares
nLighten UK Ltd operates 3 of the 191 data centers in the United Kingdom in our data with a named owner; 12 owners have more. Counts cover the data centers in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Operator in United Kingdom | Rank | Data centers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equinix | 1st | 13 | 6.8% |
| Digital Realty Trust | 2nd | 11 | 5.8% |
| Virtus | 3rd | 10 | 5.2% |
| Pulsant | 4th | 8 | 4.2% |
| NTT, Inc. | 5th | 6 | 3.1% |
| nLighten UK Ltd | 13th | 3 | 1.6% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this data center: 327 power plants (102 operating, 4,914 MW), 116 grid connections (71 operating, 563 MW), 99 substations, 3 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst - Battery Storage | Power plant | 100 MW | Permitted | 1.5 km |
| Mollington - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 240 MW | Permitted | 1.8 km |
| National Grid Electricity Substation, Capenhurst Lane - Battery Storage | Power plant | 100 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 30 km |
| Amazon Man 8 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.39 MW | Planned | 31 km |
| Newton Le Willows | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Lymes Wood Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 1.17 MW | Operating | 31 km |
| Haydock | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.