Data center · England, United Kingdom
nLighten Leeds data centre
nLighten Leeds data centre is a data centre in England, United Kingdom, with a 2,940 m² building, operated by nLighten UK Ltd. It lies 1.7 km from a 33 kV substation, has 308 MW of power plants within 10 km and is in an area of low water stress.
Power and water
The nearest substation is Featherstone, a 33 kV bulk supply point run by Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc, 1.7 km away. Its network operator publishes 27.7 MVA of demand headroom and 62.9 MW of generation headroom there, and the network there is partly congested for new demand.
Power plants of 50 MW or more in operation within 10 km: 158 MW of waste-to-energy in 2 plants, the largest FM1; 150 MW of battery storage (Kirkhaw Lane - Battery Storage Energy), 308 MW in all.
Water stress here is low: withdrawals take 9.9% of the renewable water supply of its sub-basin (WRI Aqueduct 4.0, baseline, score 1 of 5).
Distances run between the points of the records. How the grid and plants nearby are found; water stress from WRI Aqueduct 4.0.
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 |
| Operator | nLighten UK Ltd | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Website | https://www.nlighten.com/en/edge-location/leeds/ | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Nearest substation | Featherstone (1.7 km away, at 33 kV, bulk supply point) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Water stress | Low (under 10%) (score 1 of 5, withdrawals 9.9% of renewable supply) | WRI Aqueduct 4.0 · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Building footprint | 2,940 m² (building) | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Large generation within 10 km | 150 MW (battery-storage, 1 plant, nearest 8.6 km away) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Large generation within 10 km | 158 MW (waste, 2 plants, nearest 8.1 km away) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.6993, -1.3977 | 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: 427 grid connections (215 operating, 2,333 MW), 421 power plants (121 operating, 9,311 MW), 390 substations 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 1.5 MW grid connection at Sharlston | Grid connection | 1.5 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Cooksland Farm, Old Snydale -Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 50 MW | Permitted | 0.8 km |
| Battery storage 50 MW grid connection at Cooklands Farm Direct | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Battery storage 70 MW grid connection at Sunny Dairy Farm Energy Park Direct | Grid connection | 70 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Featherstone | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Normanton | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Commonside Lane | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Centre - Battery Storage | Power plant | 3.4 MW | Permitted | 3.8 km |
| Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Centre - Solar Panels | Power plant | 3.2 MW | Permitted | 3.8 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Rare Context. Rare Context powered-land sites, ODbL 1.0.
- Kuzma, S., M.F.P. Bierkens, S. Lakshman, T. Luo, L. Saccoccia, E. H. Sutanudjaja, and R. Van Beek. 2023. Aqueduct 4.0: Updated Decision-Relevant Global Water Risk Indicators. Technical Note. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. doi.org/10.46830/writn.23.00061. WRI Aqueduct 4.0, CC BY 4.0.