16 Sep 2025
Plans lodged with An Bord Pleanala. Case is due to be decided by 28/01/2026.
20 Aug 2025
Permission for a Data Centre and will comprise of: The demolition of 3 no. dwelling houses, associated garages and farm outbuildings / agricultural buildings (total floor area 1,591m2); The construction of 6 no. two storey data centre buildings, each with loading bays, external plant area including electrical and mechanical plant rooms, fuel compound, sprinkler tanks and associated ancillary development; Data centre building Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 will consist of: a data hall (24,756m2, overall height 19m), an administration block (2,505m2 overall height 15m) and include an external screened plant area of 18m in height and 6,164m2; Gas turbines, gas engine and battery energy storage systems will be provided within each plant area; Data centre building No. 5 will consist of: a data hall (24,756m2, overall height 19m), an administration block (2,505m2 overall height 15m) and include an external screened plant area of 18m in height and 6,375m2 in area and includes infrastructure for district heating; Gas turbines, gas engine and battery energy storage systems will be provided within the plant area; Adjacent to each data centre building will be a screened sprinkler tank compound (408m2 to 528 m2 in area) comprising of 3 no. above ground sprinkler pump containers, (1 no. 240m3 and 2 no. 268.8m3 containers) and a screened fuel compound (331m2 in area) comprising 1 no. 38m3 fuel pump container and 6 no. 64m3 tanks; and Solar panels with a total area of 3,600m2 will be provided on the roof of each data centre building and rainwater harvesting is included in the development. The proposed development of the Data Centre also comprises: A screened Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) compound (61m2 in area) with 1 no. kiosk (3m in height and 19.5m2 in area) with a biomethane gas injection point; A screened above Ground Installation (AGI) compound (1,753m2 in area) with 4 no. kiosks each of 3m in height and 51.5 m2 in area; A district heating building (5m in height and 341m2 in area) district heating plant and in ground piping for district heating system; Security hub building (4.1m in height and 42m2 in area) at main entrance to the proposed development; A single storey admin workshop/office (504m2 in area) and water treatment plant (315m2 in area) building (4.8m in height) and associated hydrant pump room (5m in height and 80m2 in area) and 2 no. hydrant pump room storage tanks (5m in height and c.251m3 in area); A new access/egress from the R409 and a new emergency access/egress from the L2030 via the M7 Business Park and including a bridge over Bluebell stream: A cycle path and footpath along the south side of the R409 along the length of the campus site’s road frontage and extending east to existing cycle and pedestrian facilities; A bus stop on the R409; Construction of a temporary construction access off R409 and temporary construction compound within the boundary of the site; and Ancillary site development works that will include swales, detention & attenuation ponds and the installation of pipes ad connections to the public water supply, foul and storm water drainage networks, and the installation of utilities; Other ancillary site development works will include hard and soft landscaping, including removal of existing hedgerows, planted mounding, lighting, fencing (max 2.4m)/integrated boundary treatments, bat houses, smoking shelters, signage, central services road and internal access roads, loading bays, gates, 210 no. car parking spaces and 104 no. bicycle parking spaces; The development will be integrated into the surrounding landscape and native woodland planting to all frontages, including a 30-40m landscaped buffer along the M7. Planning permission is sought for a period of 10 years. This application to Kildare County Council relates to a development for the purposes of an activity requiring an industrial omissions licence. The proposed development the subject of this application to Kildare County Council, is part of a wider Project (for Environmental Impact Assessment and Appropriate Assessment Screening purposes). The Project comprises two main elements, namely: (a) The Data Centre as described above which forms the planning application being submitted to Kildare County Council; and (b) A Substation which will comprise of a new 110 kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) grid substation, the undergrounding of an existing 110kV transmission line; 2 no. dropdown towers, internal road layout, fencing, and utilities, along with associated and ancillary works. The Substation will be the subject of a separate application for approval to An Bord Pleanala under section 182A of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been prepared in respect of the overall Project, comprising both the Substation and the Data Centre, and will be submitted to Kildare County Council with this application.
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