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Britishvolt ‘gigafactory’ site to be sold for £110m to US private equity firm
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 15 April - 16:54
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The site in north-east England previously owned by the failed battery startup Britishvolt is to be bought for £110m by a US private equity firm, which plans to build one of Europe’s largest data centres.
Blackstone Group is to buy the 95-hectare (235-acre) site near Cambois in Northumberland to take advantage of its links to renewable energy, according to the receivers for one of the Britishvolt companies.
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