Pulsant invests £10m in Milton Keynes datacentre

Aimed at supporting rising demand for AI workloads, the new site boosts the operator’s UK footprint

Berkshire-based Pulsant has completed a £10m investment in a new datacentre in Milton Keynes, aimed at supporting rising demand for AI and advanced computing.

The infrastructure adds 1.2 megawatts of capacity and is built to handle tasks such as AI, machine learning and accelerated workload.

The datacentre and digital infrastructure provider said it will serve customers across sectors such as financial services, healthcare and biotech, IT and gaming.

The move also intends to position Milton Keynes as an alternative to London, supporting business such as local tech firms but also US-based companies looking to gain a UK foothold.

It sits within the Oxford-Cambridge tech corridor, home to 570,000 employees generating £135bn in annual revenue.

The facility will form part of Pulsant platformEDGE, its estate of 14 UK datacentres interconnected by a 400 gigabytes capable network.

“The £10m expansion of our Milton Keynes datacentre is another big investment in our digital platform to meet hunger for high-density compute power,” said Rob Coupland, CEO of Pulsant.

“With AI-ready capacity in short supply, bringing high performance, flexibility and choice to regional locations is critical.

“For organisations looking for ultra-low latency, international connectivity and UK sovereign compute power, Milton Keynes is a great option compared to constrained and costly London datacentres which lack the opportunity for expansion.”

Pulsant added it plans to roll out its high-density model across other regions as part of its platformEDGE strategy.

This investment comes less than four months after the company completed refinancing and an extension of its debt facilities to £187m.

The move was aimed at making further acquisitions and developing its datacentre portfolio.

In November, the organisation made a £4.5m further investment in its Manchester site.

In March, it bought two datacentres from SCC in Birmingham and Fareham.

That same month, it announced upgrades to its Reading SE3 datacentre network.