Viridor Energy and Rivington Energy Partnership

Viridor Energy has announced an exciting new partnership with Rivington Energy to develop a portfolio of AI-ready data centres powered by local electricity across Viridor's UK Energy from Waste (EfW) sites. The partnership is intended to support growing demand for digital and AI infrastructure in the UK while making productive use of the reliable energy generated by Viridor's EfW facilities.

Rivington Energy will lead the development of up to 200MW of data centre capacity across sites in Bristol, Greater London, Oxfordshire and Fife. The first proposed project, located at Avonmouth in Bristol, has recently been submitted to Bristol City Council for planning consideration.

Pierre Dorel, Managing Director at Viridor Energy, said:

"Our partnership with Rivington Energy reflects Viridor's strategy to make the best use of our energy production and support the delivery of domestic AI infrastructure. Co-locating data centres at our sites creates an opportunity to provide reliable, long-term power directly to critical digital infrastructure while making effective use of the energy generated through our operations.

"We have developed a strong working relationship with the Rivington team and look forward to progressing the Avonmouth project, as well as expanding our collaboration in the future."

The proposed Avonmouth data centre is designed to deliver 40MW of compute capacity, with high-density racks of up to 144kW. Subject to planning approval, the facility could become operational as early as 2027.