By Antony Adshead
Publication Date: 2026-02-26 08:00:00
HPE’s first “modular” Mod Pod data center modules are ready for delivery in Carbon3.aiDerbyshire’s off-grid “AI factory”.
The site will eventually comprise five HPE Mod Pods, which are modular data center modules capable of delivering 1.5 mW of data center capacityand will run on electricity generated from landfill gas on site.
The Derbyshire site will come online in the second half of 2026, according to Sana Kharegani, chief strategy officer at Carbon3.ai.
Carbon3.ai has plans create a “national network for AI” based on renewable energy, with access to around 40 sites in the UK. The initiative comes against the backdrop of the UK government’s plans for AI growth zones across the country. The Derbyshire site is the first where the company will have deployed any data center equipment.
Carbon3.ai’s data center plans are based on a close relationship with Valencia Energy, with which there is some crossover at an executive level. Valencia owns and operates…
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