Deep Green and Zendo Join Forces to Revolutionise Data Centres with Renewable Energy

Deep Green, a British digital infrastructure firm, has announced a partnership with energy technology innovator Zendo to create a new generation of small-scale, AI-ready data centres powered by renewable energy and advanced energy management systems. This collaboration will commence at Deep Green’s flagship facility located in Urmston, Greater Manchester, where Zendo has secured a clean energy supply contract for the 550kW site.

The Urmston facility is specifically designed to handle high-performance computing and AI workloads, supporting rack densities of up to 150kW. Notably, excess heat generated by the servers will be captured and repurposed to heat the swimming pool at Trafford Leisure Centre, resulting in annual savings of approximately £80,000 and a reduction in CO2 emissions.

This initiative is part of Deep Green’s strategy to establish distributed, modular data centres in proximity to local facilities that can utilise excess heat, such as swimming pools, district heating networks, and public buildings. With the rapid growth in demand for data centre capacity driven by the increasing adoption of AI, traditional grid constraints and planning delays have hindered the development of new infrastructure in the UK. Deep Green’s innovative approach enables the deployment of new capacity within weeks rather than years.

Through its partnership with Zendo, Deep Green aims to implement a flexible energy strategy that adapts to the evolving compute demands of the facility while ensuring a fully renewable power supply. This adaptability is crucial for AI workloads, which can experience sudden and unpredictable spikes in power demand, making the ability to scale energy usage quickly and economically a significant competitive advantage.

ENGIE will supply clean energy for the Urmston site, while Zendo’s proprietary “Energy OS” software will facilitate monitoring, forecasting, and capacity optimisation, positioning energy as a key differentiator as Deep Green expands its operations across the UK.

Hazel Lim, Chief Financial Officer of Deep Green, commented: “Zendo has been a strong partner in shaping our power procurement strategy for our data centres. We are excited to draw on their expertise to develop a highly efficient, cost-effective approach that maximises value for our colocation clients by fully capturing the advantages of heat reuse.”

Drew Barrett, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Zendo Energy, stated: “Deep Green has an ambitious vision to accelerate data centre deployments at pace, and we’re proud to be the energy technology partner making sure energy is never the bottleneck. The flexibility we’ve built into this contract is designed to grow alongside their trajectory, and we see this as a blueprint for what the next generation of data centres should look like: flexible, sustainable and built for scale.”

Zendo Energy, a British startup, is developing the first ‘Energy OS’ aimed at helping colocation data centres reduce energy costs and optimise capacity to meet the rising demands of AI computing. Designed to address the unpredictability of high-density compute loads and fluctuating energy markets, Zendo’s AI-driven platform integrates flexible energy solutions with predictive analytics and tools to unlock new revenue opportunities.

Founded in 2025, Zendo has secured £1.75 million in funding to date, supported by investors including Fly Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Pact VC, and angel investors from the data centre sector. The company was co-founded by Jade Batstone, a former Product Innovation Lead at SWIFT, and Drew Barrett, who previously served as Head of Renewables at Octopus Energy, the UK’s largest energy supplier. Together, they bring over two decades of expertise in renewable energy and B2B software to enhance the efficiency and intelligence of the data centre industry as it prepares for the future of computing demands.