The developer behind a proposed new data centre close to Heathrow has updated its plans, in the face of what it calls new “market demands in the post-pandemic economy”.
Link Park Heathrow has submitted an outline planning application for a 592,000 sq ft, Nicholas Webb Architects-designed data centre, including offices, internal plant and equipment and a substation, at its 10.7-acre site in Buckinghamshire.
A planning statement from design consultancy Barton Willmore said the updated plans reflect earlier comments and objections from parties including Network Rail over the redevelopment of a tailhead site on the land, adding that “a revised layout [reflected] stakeholder feedback and market demands in the post-pandemic economy”.
Barton Willmore added that with the “traditional data centre capital of Slough” now close to maximum capacity, Buckinghamshire “has the potential to become a key future data centre cluster to cater for the growth in the data centre economy”.
“Within Buckinghamshire, the corridor running alongside the Grand Union Canal/Paddington Line and in the vicinity of the Iver Power Station provides the ideal focus for the new data centre cluster,” the statement said. “Link Park lies at the centre of this corridor and therefore represents a highly sought after and important potential data centre site.”
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