LONDON : A $13 billion "hyperscale" data centre in North East England proposed by U.S. private equity group Blackstone has been given the green light to go ahead by council planners. Northumberland County Council said on Tuesday that the proposals have been granted planning permission after a unanimous vote in favour of the application. Northumberland County Council said the data centre campus will represent an investment of up to 10 billion pounds and span some 540,000 square metres. "