The provision of a temporary (for 3 years) 18MW gas powered electricity generator…
Grangecastle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Proposed development
The provision of a temporary (for 3 years) 18MW gas powered electricity generator compound to provide electricity to the DUB08 data centre located within the Microsoft Data Centre Campus, in advance of the upgrade of electricity infrastructure locally. The development will include 16 generators, gas skid compound and site compound (providing control cabinets, drying room, toilets and staff canteen – total floor area of buildings c.125sq.m). Temporary access arrangements via existing construction access from business park road. Provision of 10m high acoustic screen, palisade fencing and gates, staff parking, additional landscape screening. All associated site development, service provision, landscaping and other works. The temporary generator compound will be located within campus lands subject to an extant planning permission – Reg. Ref: SD16A/0088 (4 No. data centres; DUB09, DUB10, DUB12, DUB13) and the current application represents a modification to this permission. The compound will be located across part of the footprint of permitted data centre DUB12. It is intended that DUB12 and DUB13 will be constructed and permission Reg. Ref: SD16/0088 completed following decommissioning of the temporary generator compound. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted with this application.
What happens next
Permission was granted on 27 Oct 2017. Third parties may appeal within four weeks; after that the permission is final and works can start once a commencement notice is lodged.
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