Officials from £10bn data centre campus meet with local businesses to discuss partnerships

QTS, the data centre subsidiary of US investment giant Blackstone, is building a vast facility to provide computing power for tech firms at Cambois.

More than 30 local businesses met with officials from the company on Monday to learn more about the data centre campus and how they may be able to dovetail together.

It is expected that the site will employ around 400 “highly skilled” staff once completed, as well as over 1,000 long-term construction jobs and roughly 2,600-2,700 indirect jobs.

A spokesman for QTS said: “QTS met with 30 leading local businesses to learn more about the proposed new data centre campus in Cambois, discuss partnership opportunities and identify how they can work together.

“Following Northumberland County Council’s approval of the outline planning application for the QTS data centre campus development in May 2025, 30 local businesses – including electrical and mechanical specialists, operational experts, and tech companies – were invited by QTS and Northumberland County Council for a ‘Meet the Buyers’ event.

“Local businesses learned more about the development plans and how they may be able to work together on the project. Businesses were also given an opportunity to meet the QTS team and ask questions about the facility, which will span a total of up to 540,000 square metres and offer a capacity of 720MW, with up to 10 separate buildings.

“Subject to the necessary approvals by NCC, the next major milestone will be the commencement of the enabling works later this year.”