Overview

• Stockton Council granted full planning permission for the Preston Farm Industrial Estate site, with construction slated to start later in 2025 and opening targeted for early 2027.
• Latos projects about 150 direct jobs plus roughly 400 supply-chain roles, with a pledge to prioritise North-East suppliers in tenders.
• The Stockton build is described by the company as the first step toward 40 neural-edge locations across the UK by 2030 to improve resilience and proximity to compute.
• Latos says the site will house Nvidia Blackwell GPUs across two custom halls of about 1,750 sq m, with an emphasis on keeping data within UK borders.
• The neural-edge model aims to cut latency to milliseconds to support real-time uses such as augmented reality, industrial robotics, smart manufacturing, and predictive healthcare.