{ "projectId": "qts-cambois", "reviewedAt": "2026-10-17T03:08:58.377713+00:00", "sources": [ { "issuer": "UK Government", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-tells-us-investors-britain-is-open-for-business-as-he-secured-major-10-billion-deal-to-drive-growth-and-create-jobs", "publicationDate": "2024-09-25", "eventDate": "2024-09-25", "reviewed": "2026-10-16", "kind": "Original project-specific government investment announcement", "text": "The UK announces a projected GBP10 billion Blackstone-backed AI data-centre investment at Blyth. This is a planned commitment, not cash spent.", "claimScope": "The UK announces a projected GBP10 billion Blackstone-backed AI data-centre investment at Blyth. This is a planned commitment, not cash spent.", "locator": "Announcement and attributed Jon Gray statement", "accessible": true }, { "issuer": "QTS", "url": "https://q.com/data-centers/cambois/", "publicationDate": null, "eventDate": null, "reviewed": "2026-10-16", "kind": "Original company project update", "text": "QTS identifies its Cambois campus and continuing earthworks in 2026, with first-building construction planned. Its older FAQ schedule is retained as historical wording.", "claimScope": "QTS identifies its Cambois campus and continuing earthworks in 2026, with first-building construction planned. Its older FAQ schedule is retained as historical wording.", "locator": "What is happening next? and project FAQ; no first-building completion inferred", "accessible": true }, { "issuer": "Invest Northumberland", "url": "https://www.investnorthumberland.co.uk/case-studies/blackstone-qts-data-center", "publicationDate": null, "eventDate": null, "reviewed": "2026-10-16", "kind": "Regional investment-promotion project account", "text": "The account identifies QTS as developer/operator and describes ten buildings with a marketed 720 MW total; it does not certify delivered power or precise IT/facility boundary.", "claimScope": "The account identifies QTS as developer/operator and describes ten buildings with a marketed 720 MW total; it does not certify delivered power or precise IT/facility boundary.", "locator": "Project overview, capacity and phasing paragraphs", "accessible": true }, { "issuer": "fDi Intelligence / Alex Irwin-Hunt", "url": "https://www.fdiintelligence.com/content/ba4a170c-b871-4d89-b381-f3d56eeb7403", "publicationDate": "2026-05-18", "eventDate": "2026-05-18", "reviewed": "2026-10-16", "kind": "Independent reporting using planning documents, FOI and company comment", "text": "fDi reports enabling works from October 2025 and proposed operations in 2029 for the first pair, with four buildings targeted by 2030. Its cited 1.1 GW full-project power figure is not treated as equivalent to the marketed 720 MW.", "claimScope": "fDi reports enabling works from October 2025 and proposed operations in 2029 for the first pair, with four buildings targeted by 2030. Its cited 1.1 GW full-project power figure is not treated as equivalent to the marketed 720 MW.", "locator": "Planning-statement review, Environment Agency permit reporting and company response", "accessible": true }, { "issuer": "Place North East / Sally Gibson", "url": "https://www.placenortheast.co.uk/plans-in-for-10bn-cambois-data-centre/", "publicationDate": "2026-06-08", "eventDate": "2026-06-08", "reviewed": "2026-10-16", "kind": "Independent local planning reporting", "text": "Place North East describes applications for remaining enabling works, separately from existing approvals and future building delivery.", "claimScope": "Place North East describes applications for remaining enabling works, separately from existing approvals and future building delivery.", "locator": "Phases B and C, planning conditions, QTS/Renaissance Land roles", "accessible": true }, { "issuer": "Blackstone", "url": "https://www.blackstone.com/news/press/blackstone-funds-complete-acquisition-of-qts-realty-trust/", "publicationDate": "2021-08-31", "eventDate": "2021-08-31", "reviewed": "2026-10-16", "kind": "Original corporate ownership disclosure", "text": "Blackstone-affiliated funds completed the QTS acquisition. The transaction price is corporate acquisition consideration, not a Cambois project cost.", "claimScope": "Blackstone-affiliated funds completed the QTS acquisition. The transaction price is corporate acquisition consideration, not a Cambois project cost.", "locator": "Acquisition close and delisting paragraph", "accessible": true } ], "sourceIndependence": "Documents are counted as documents, not independent confirmations. Same-issuer releases and their rewrites share an underlying claim. Six documents across government, QTS, regional investment promotion, independent fDi/Place reporting and Blackstone corporate disclosure. The 2021 acquisition verifies ownership history, not campus financing. Direct local-council news URLs returned 404; national government and independent planning coverage remain available.", "limitations": [ "Six documents across government, QTS, regional investment promotion, independent fDi/Place reporting and Blackstone corporate disclosure. The 2021 acquisition verifies ownership history, not campus financing. Direct local-council news URLs returned 404; national government and independent planning coverage remain available.", "No independently measured current operating IT load, utilisation, paid project expenditure or attributable site earnings established." ], "duplicateCheck": { "existingIdMatches": [], "aliasesChecked": [ "Project Wind", "Renaissance Land", "former Blyth Power Station", "Britishvolt site" ], "result": "No matching campus in serving 192-record inventory or queued new-project items; checked before integration", "scope": "Campus/location/legal aliases; Finnish three-site region is not separately counted as a parent project" }, "wholeProjectRecertified": false, "aggregationEligible": false, "checkedRoleIds": [ "checked-qts-cambois-BX" ], "checkedMeasurementIds": [ "checked-qts-cambois-announced-investment", "checked-qts-cambois-marketed-power", "checked-qts-cambois-reported-power" ] }