Data Center Atlas
Data4 Escaudain campus
Announced
France · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Data4, the Brookfield-owned European data center developer, plans a EUR 5 billion, 700 MW AI-oriented campus on the Parc des Soufflantes brownfield in Escaudain, northern France, the former Usinor steelworks. The local authority La Porte du Hainaut picked Data4 in December 2025; after feasibility studies Data4 confirmed the project in June 2026, with further studies and preliminary works over the following year and four data center buildings to follow. The site was among the French government and RTE fast-track grid sites.
Source record as of 2026-06-15 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
Data4 Escaudain campus
Announced last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Escaudain, Nord, Hauts-de-France, FR. Nominatim centroid of the commune of Escaudain; the site is the Parc des Soufflantes (former Usinor plant), which could not be geocoded more precisely. Data4; Data4
Use: Ai unspecified
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | 700 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2026-06-12 | Data4; BeBeez International (DCD) | |
| Investment | 5,000,000,000 EUR | Announced · Campus | 2026-06-12 | Data4; BeBeez International (DCD) | |
| Land area | 33 hectares | Planned · Campus | 2026-06-12 | The December 2025 selection release described a 38-hectare campus project. | Data4 |
| Land area | 38 hectares | Planned · Campus | 2025-12-15 | Data4 | |
| Buildings | 4 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-06-12 | Data4 says four data centers will be built to expand the campus; trade press (DCD via BeBeez) described an initial building that could be followed by up to four more. | Data4; BeBeez International (DCD) |
| Jobs permanent | 2,400 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-06-12 | Data4 |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data4 | Developer | Data4; Data4 | |
| Brookfield | Investor | Owner of Data4 since April 2023. | BeBeez International (DCD) |
| Communauté d'Agglomération de La Porte du Hainaut | Government | Local authority that selected Data4 as exclusive partner to redevelop the former Usinor site. | Data4; Data4 |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | Announced | Actual | La Porte du Hainaut selected Data4 and opened a 60-day exclusive negotiation and feasibility phase. | Data4 |
| 2026-06-12 | Other | Actual | Data4 confirmed the EUR 5 billion project after feasibility studies; further studies and preliminary works planned over the next 12 months. | Data4; BeBeez International (DCD) |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Site benefited from the French government and RTE fast-track procedure for ready-to-connect data center sites. | Data4; BeBeez International (DCD) |
No construction start, permit or first-operation date had been published by the companies as of the latest source. Data4 said decontamination of the former Usinor plant would follow once project conditions were met.
Sources for these details
- Escaudain : Data4 sélectionné pour le projet de campus numérique de La Porte du Hainaut — Data4; 2025-12-15
- Data4 confirms its largest data center project in the North of France — Data4; 2026-06-12
- Data4 confirms €5bn plan for 700MW AI data center in northern France — BeBeez International (DCD); 2026-06-15
- Companies
Source and location review
- Status source
- Data4 confirms its largest data center project in the North of France evidence row
Data4 · published 2026-06-12 · Company disclosure - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
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reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 134 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 50.33330, 3.34380
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Nominatim centroid of the commune of Escaudain; the site is the Parc des Soufflantes (former Usinor plant), which could not be geocoded more precisely.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
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A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data4 confirms its largest data center project in the North of France Archived copy | Data4 Company disclosure | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | Data4 | d56f3d707aedffad8e43670c4067c9b864a26f80391323cd232775ff514a4579Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Data4 confirms €5bn plan for 700MW AI data center in northern France Archived copy | BeBeez International (DCD) Trade publication | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Investment, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Grid, Role: Investor | source-terms-not-recorded | BeBeez International (DCD) | 835f1969e553fb1b7fd4e82fbab201e66158d13b157e78065932cee623701df4Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Escaudain : Data4 sélectionné pour le projet de campus numérique de La Porte du Hainaut Archived copy | Data4 Company disclosure | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Announced, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | Data4 | f58231a21382931dfe20b5cbc4f90347de91436ea219fc2f70179418ad2955deFactual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Data4 Escaudain campus [site vcc-site-3b5d1fe13cf00d04d3f2]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-3b5d1fe13cf00d04d3f2/
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