06 September 2022

US storage and data management giant Iron Mountain has unveiled plans to take a 312,00ft2 warehouse at Tritax Symmetry’s Symmetry Park in Kettering, just days after it announced its first UK campus at Symmetry Park in Rugby, Warwickshire.

The company will take the Kettering unit when it reaches completion in January 2023, the largest unit in the current phase of Tritax’s speculative development.

This will be the first building delivered by the latter at Symmetry Park Kettering, which has reserved matters planning permission for further buildings, delivering 2.3 million ft2 of space across the 136-acre site.

The development at Kettering followed a rigorous assessment of the facility’s potential for sustainability, which forms part of Iron Mountain’s ambitions to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2040

These leased buildings will achieve net zero carbon construction and come with 20% photovoltaic roof coverings and will also offer charging points for electric vehicles.

“The growth of e-commerce continues to drive huge demand for warehouse and logistics space across the country,” said Phil Shepley, vice-president and head of commercial UK, Ireland and South Africa, Iron Mountain.