Pulsant Completes £10 Million AI-Ready Data Hall Expansion in Milton Keynes
February 9, 2026
UK edge computing specialist Pulsant has completed a significant £10 million (approximately $13.6 million) expansion of its data center in Milton Keynes, adding 1.2 megawatts of new capacity specifically engineered for high-density artificial intelligence workloads. The move underscores the intensifying demand for regional, AI-optimized digital infrastructure outside of London's constrained and costly data center market. The newly constructed data hall, located at the St Neots House facility on Rockingham Drive, forms a key part of Pulsant's platformEDGE network. This strategic investment is designed to serve businesses in sectors such as financial services, healthcare, biotech, and IT and gaming, which require high-performance compute with low latency. The Milton Keynes site now connects to Pulsant's 14-edge data center network across the UK, offering a latency of just two milliseconds to major London interconnection hubs in Slough and Docklands. Rob Coupland, CEO of Pulsant, emphasized the strategic rationale behind the expansion. "The £10m expansion of our Milton Keynes data center is another big investment in our digital platform to meet hunger for high-density compute power," he stated. "UK digital infrastructure is facing unprecedented demand. With AI-ready capacity in short supply, bringing high performance, flexibility, and choice to regional locations is critical." Coupland further positioned Milton Keynes as a compelling alternative, offering "ultra-low latency, international connectivity, and UK sovereign compute power" compared to the capital. Founded in 1995, Pulsant operates a national footprint of facilities spanning from Edinburgh to Fareham. The company's recent financial maneuvers have supported this growth trajectory, including a debt financing facility expansion to £187 million ($249.2 million) secured in October 2025. This latest Milton Keynes investment signals a continued industry shift towards distributing critical compute power to edge locations, alleviating pressure on core markets while catering to the specific power and cooling demands of next-generation AI applications.
Source: datacenterdynamics
