UK-based real estate firm Segro has announced plans to develop a 50MW data center in Slough, England, following a new pre-lease agreement with an existing customer. The project will be constructed on a 3.5-acre plot at the Slough Trading Estate, a key location where Segro has long established a presence in the data center market.
The upcoming facility will feature a three-story powered shell building, offering 30,000 square meters (322,917 square feet) of data center space and 50MW of utility power. Segro revealed that planning permission for the project has already been secured through the Slough Trading Estate Simplified Planning Zone. While the company has not disclosed further details about the customer or specific timelines, it emphasized the importance of this project in expanding its data center footprint in the area.
Andrew Pilsworth, managing director of data centers and strategic partnerships at Segro, commented on the development, stating: "The critical mass of data centers we have built up at Slough over the last 20 years, together with the Simplified Planning Zone status we have secured there, was integral to enabling us to work with an existing customer to expand its campus, while allowing Segro to profitably utilize a relatively small 3.5-acre plot."
In addition to the Slough project, Segro also announced progress on another data center development in West London. The company recently received planning committee approval for a facility at Premier Park in Park Royal, which is being developed in collaboration with Pure Data Centres Group. This fully fitted project will provide 70MW of utility power and 56MW of IT capacity across 30,000 square meters (322,917 square feet). The facility is expected to serve an unnamed hyperscaler, highlighting Segro’s shift toward targeting larger-scale customers.
Pilsworth described the project as a significant step forward: "Securing planning committee approval at Premier Park is also an important milestone for both our Pure JV at the site and, more broadly, in the evolution of Segro’s fully fitted data center development strategy."
Founded in 1920, Segro has established itself as a prominent real estate investment trust (REIT), with a focus on industrial and warehouse developments across the UK and Europe. For the past 20 years, the company has been providing powered shell solutions to colocation providers and currently operates or is developing 500MW of data center capacity in Slough. The company has also identified a potential 1.8GW of additional capacity across its portfolio in the UK and continental Europe, further solidifying its position in the industry.
These announcements signal Segro’s expanding ambitions in the data center sector, particularly with its move into fully fitted facilities aimed at hyperscale customers. As the demand for data center capacity continues to grow, Segro’s projects in Slough and Park Royal position the company to capitalize on this trend while strengthening its reputation as a key player in the market.
