Deep Green

Deep Green is a UK-based modular data centre operator focused on deploying high-density compute capacity adjacent to “heat partners,” where waste heat can be recovered and delivered as usable heat (e.g., for swimming pools and public facilities). The company positions its platform around distributed, edge-located HPC/AI infrastructure, and states that Octopus Energy Generation invested in Deep Green in 2023 to support a stated mission to deploy 300MW of distributed, decarbonised data centres across the UK&I, Europe, and North America.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

Data Center Footprint:

Deep Green lists multiple named sites and statuses, including Manchester (DG01) shown as “In construction” at 400kW, and additional markets such as Lansing shown as “In planning” at 20+MW, plus Bradford shown as “In development” at 5.6MW.

Deep Green’s DG01 Manchester page positions the deployment inside Move Urmston (a leisure/sports centre) and describes the partnership intent to reduce energy costs and move away from fossil-fuel boilers using recovered heat from the data centre.

Data Center Dynamics reports Deep Green had one facility live (DG03 Swindon, 1.1MW), with additional sites in development/planning (including Manchester DG01 and York DG02), and that the Manchester deployment will use the recovered heat to warm pool water.

Facility Design & Infrastructure:

DG01 Manchester is described as a containerised deployment with 1 data floor, 8 racks, and up to 60kW per rack, with direct-to-chip (DTC) & air cooling and a target PUE <1.2.

DG03 Swindon is described as a 1.1MW site (about 2,000 sqm) with 80 racks and up to 150kW per rack, with cooling options described as air to immersion cooling, and power/cooling resilience details listed (including N+1 UPS, N+1 generator redundancy, and N+1 cooling).

Deep Green’s site pages list fire detection/suppression as Novec at both DG01 Manchester and DG03 Swindon, and list DG03 security controls including controlled access, CCTV, and audited access procedures.

Service Portfolio Overview:

1. Colocation hosting (modular, high-density deployments)
2. Heat reuse / “free heat” model for heat partners hosting deployments
3. High performance compute cloud (DG03 Swindon positioning)

🔐 Security & Compliance

Infrastructure Resilience:

DG03 Swindon lists UPS redundancy N+1, generator redundancy N+1, and cooling N+1, along with published power and backup parameters (e.g., generator fuel duration, UPS minutes).

DG01 Manchester lists a containerised design with a published target efficiency and high-density rack parameters, but broader availability/SLA commitments are not publicly disclosed.

Physical & Logical Security:

DG03 Swindon lists a controlled access system, internal/external CCTV, audited access procedure, electronic access gate, and 24/7 CCTV monitoring.

Not publicly disclosed.

Compliance & Standards:

Not publicly disclosed.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

Carrier Neutrality:

DG01 Manchester and DG03 Swindon list low latency carrier neutral connectivity and state Connected Carriers: 20+.

Network Capabilities:

DG01 Manchester and DG03 Swindon list diverse fibre routing as a network feature for the sites.

Connectivity Use Cases:

Compute users seeking high-density racks with carrier-neutral options and diverse fibre routing for low-latency connectivity.

Heat partners (leisure centres/public venues) hosting modular capacity in exchange for recovered heat used for pool/process heating.

💼 Who It Serves

Heat partners such as leisure centres and public facilities seeking reduced heating cost and carbon impact through recovered heat.

Compute users running HPC/AI workloads requiring high-density rack deployments and carrier-neutral connectivity options.