A 143-acre campus, ready to deliver.
A consented site, secured power and a national-infrastructure pathway. Explore the proposals in detail.
A brownfield site, returning to use.
Quest Park occupies approximately 143 acres at Ampthill Road, Stewartby - about 5.5 miles south-west of Bedford and close to the M1, A1 and A6. It is roughly 35 minutes by train to central London and 25 minutes to Luton Airport.
The site is a former Hanson Brick clay pit that ceased operations in 2008 and has since been fully remediated. It enjoys the benefit of two separate access points onto the B530 Ampthill Road. Bringing this dormant brownfield land back into use avoids greenfield development and puts a degraded site to productive national purpose.
Around 72 acres sit on a single contiguous developable plot, with surrounding land providing optionality for future expansion.
Four data halls. One integrated campus.
Quest Park will deliver a state-of-the-art data centre campus comprising four data centre buildings, phased over time to allow future-proofing and demand-led growth. The masterplan is anchored by an existing June 2024 consent for a 1.5 million sq ft campus, which establishes the accepted bulk and scale for development on the site.
Alongside the data halls, the scheme includes a dedicated STEM training, education and research centre - preparing students for careers in technology and embedding skills development into the campus from day one - plus supporting office space, new and improved access junctions, security gatehouse, landscaping and environmental mitigation.
Buildings are designed to be screened by landscaping, with generous green space retained across the wider site.
Power, secured two ways.
Power is the decisive constraint in UK data-centre development. Quest Park removes it.
The scheme has a secured 400MW grid connection, providing large-scale, scalable capacity.
In partnership with AVK - the UK and Europe's largest independent supplier of data-centre power solutions - Quest Park will deploy an on-site gas-powered prime-power and microgrid solution with battery resilience. AVK's modular approach (including pre-engineered PowerPods) allows capacity to be added in line with tenant demand, supported by partnerships with Rolls-Royce mtu and Wärtsilä.
A Section 35 Notice has been granted by the Secretary of State, thereby allowing an immediate joint application for both data centre planning consent and a gas generation consent for up to 1GW.
The National Transmission System runs approximately 1.6km from the site, supporting the on-site gas solution. The generation platform is designed for the energy transition - with an HVO and hydrogen fuel pathway over time.
A major inward-investment opportunity for the UK.
At 1GW, Quest Park would meet around a third of the UK's current data-centre demand and offer nearly 2.9 times the capacity of the country's largest existing facility - directly supporting the Government's AI Opportunities Action Plan and Invest 2035 industrial strategy.
A dedicated STEM training, education and research centre embeds local skills development into the campus. The campus will be connected to the national fibre network through new diverse duct routes developed with euNetworks.
Source: Volterra Partners, Economic Needs Headlines (January 2025). Figures are assessment estimates, not guarantees.
Measurable improvement on a degraded site.
The campus will deliver measurable environmental improvement on a previously degraded site: enhanced biodiversity through new landscaping, planting and water features; retained green space; and design that screens buildings within the landscape.
Highways and access improvements will be developed with the local authority. The on-site power platform is designed for a transition to lower-carbon fuels (HVO, hydrogen) over time, with infrastructure to explore carbon-capture technology - setting a sustainability benchmark for the sector.