Ark Data Centres: physical AI company

Overview

UK data centre developer and operator founded in 2005, controlled by Elliott Investment Management, hosting Nebius at its Longcross Park AI campus in Surrey.

Reality check

Government JV (company-claimed)

Operates Crown Hosting Data Centres, a joint venture with the UK Cabinet Office.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Key facts

Portfolio (reported, Sep 2025)

27 data centers across nine sites in operation or development in the UK and Belgium, totaling more than 560 MW.

Ownership (reported, Sep 2025)

Controlled by Elliott Investment Management since 2012, with Revcap as a minority investor; Elliott reportedly explored a sale.

Data & sources

Web sources

2

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Ark Data Centres.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →

Mentioned on (1)

Registry pages whose text names Ark Data Centres.

Deployments (1)

LifeFormations Animatronic Figures at Williamstown, Kentucky, USA

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Record createdOct 13, 2026
Added to the verified registry

Full change history →

Sources (2)

Common questions

What is Ark Data Centres?

UK data centre developer and operator founded in 2005, controlled by Elliott Investment Management, hosting Nebius at its Longcross Park AI campus in Surrey.

What does Ark Data Centres make?

Ark Data Centres has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry.

Is Ark Data Centres a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Ark Data Centres ranks in roughly the top 100% of companies tracked by the registry.

Is Ark Data Centres safe?

Ark Data Centres has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Unreviewed · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13

Verification posture

Unreviewed

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-13

Sources by quality tier

2: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

No press coverage on file for Ark Data Centres yet. Coverage appears here automatically as articles are ingested from our press sources.

Machine-readable surfaces

Markdown mirror: /companies/ark-data-centres.md
RSS feed: /companies/ark-data-centres/feed.xml
JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
REST API: /v1/companies/d116fe60-e054-46a9-bc96-21ed958a042d
Revision history: /companies/ark-data-centres/history
Data documentation: /data
Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP

Reality vs attention

Not enough verified signal yet to place Ark Data Centres against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.

Peer rankingTop 100% of category

vs funding peers-40.9 ptsbelow funding-adj. expected

Analysis

Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.

Dimension breakdown

Verified signal

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Attention (reach, not merit)

Market Presence →

0.0LOW

DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.

DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed

Claim Integrity Fleet Reality Operator Repeat All indices

Last computed: Oct 14, 2026

Methodology Intelligence layer