Radiant / Drax / Brookfield-Qai joint venture: Drax Power Station AI data centre, Phase 1 campus, November 2026

Announced Nov 3, 2026 · Up to 100 MW · Potential investment could exceed £20 billion across the full development, including £2.5 billion for Phase 1

Drax, Brookfield and Radiant announced an agreement to develop the project, with capital support through Brookfield-Qai's AI infrastructure joint venture. Phase 1 targets up to 100 MW of data-centre compute capacity and commercial operations from Q1 2028. The first phase is planned to import power from the grid. The 4 GW of Drax grid access and 2.6 GW of dispatchable generation describe the power station, not this data-centre phase or delivered power. The wider project targets more than 1 GW across three phases; Phase 2's additional 500 MW is an ambition for 2028–2031 and Phase 3 has no quantity or date. Do not add these ambitions to Phase 1. Brookfield's potential investment estimate exceeds £20 billion, including chips, and includes £2.5 billion for Phase 1; neither amount is stated as spent or fully committed. No tenant has been secured. Keep the native GBP estimate out of USD capital totals. Q1 2028 is an operating target, not proof of construction, customer service, or energization.

First-capacity target: Phase 1 targets commercial operations from Q1 2028; planning, regulatory and network approvals, an anchor tenant, commercial agreements, and final investment decisions remain outstanding