Downing Renewable Developments Partners with Kao Data to build Green Data Solar Farm

Downing Renewable Developments (DRD), a subsidiary of Downing, has announced its agreement to develop, build, and operate a 40 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) farm for Kao Data. The Green Data Solar Farm project will supply Kao Data’s award-winning data centre campus in Harlow with up to 40 megawatts (MW) of solar-generated electricity. 

The private wire renewable energy project is also anticipated to be one of the first, ground-mounted solar PV systems supplying a UK colocation data centre campus, directly powering Kao Data’s industrial-scale infrastructure via solar array. Kao Data will procure the electricity via a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), securing long-term, dedicated access to this renewable energy source. The innovative partnership will also play an important role in further decarbonising data centre operations, supporting Kao Data’s target to become fully net zero by 2030.