Pre-planning application submitted for new data centre in Neath Port Talbot
Pre-planning application submitted for new data centre in Neath Port Talbot
There are a number of similar site's located across Wales
The potential site of a new data centre in Port Talbot
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A pre-planning application has been submitted to Neath Port Talbot Council over proposals to build a new 12 MW data centre. If approved the facility would be located at a site known as Tyn-y-Caeau based to the west of the A48 Margam Road, near Port Talbot on a section of the road which runs between Junction 38 of the M4 motorway.
The site is approximately 1.3 hectares in size and currently accommodates a derelict complex of buildings including a dwelling house and detached guest accommodation.
The area also lies within two kilometres of several nationally or internationally environmentally important sites such as Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir as well as three designated wildlife sites.
The proposed development could eventually include main data halls and equipment, back-up generators, a delivery bay and storage, along with associated offices and meeting rooms.
It would also contain parking for up to 15 cars if eventually given the go-ahead by the council's planning authority, along with other supporting infrastructure and landscaping.
Planning developers have now submitted a request for a screening opinion which would decide if the application should be subjected to an environmental impact assessment before a full planning application is handed in to the local authority.
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The report read: "This request for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion is provided for the reference of the Local Planning Authority, to determine whether an EIA is required for the proposed development.
"The request is made in respect of a development proposal by Welsh Bio-Enterprise (WBE)."
The report added that a "comprehensive planning application" for the data centre is now being developed for the proposal, and will include a "holistic consideration of the environmental effects of the project."
The Neath Port Talbot Council civic offices
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A data centre is a specialised facility that stores and processes data for company's through computing and storage resources.
There are currently a number of similar site's located across Wales in places like Cardiff and Newport.
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Similar plans by US-based Vantage Data Centres could also see the creation of a "European-leading data centre" at a former Bridgend car engine factory in the future.
You can read more about those plans here.
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