Private prototype. Facts from research on 2 to 3 October 2026; not yet reviewed for publication. Forms do not submit.
England, Scotland and Wales

Is a data centre planned near you?

Huge data centres are being planned on farmland, Green Belt and old industrial sites across Britain, often with their own gas power plants and hundreds of diesel generators. Many are decided by a handful of councillors, some by ministers in London. Find yours, add your name, and learn how to object.

Cato AI data centre, Auchtertool - Decision pendingLarbert data centre campus - Decision pendingCockenzie data centre - Early stageSouth Gyle data centre - Refused - now at appealGreenock IBM site - Decision pendingWesterhill AI Energy Campus - Early stageWester Hermiston data centre campus - Early stageBlyth Data Centre, Factory Road, Cambois - Early stageQTS Cambois Data Centre Campus - Being built - more to decideWest Sleekburn Data Centre - Decision pendingChapelcross Technology Campus data centre - Decision pendingSkelton Grange data centre campus - Approved - but it's not overHumber Tech Park, South Killingholme - Approved - but it's not overElsham Tech Park - Approved - but it's not overAmlwch Port - RefusedSpodegreen data centre campus, Little Bollington - Early stageProsperity Parc, Holyhead - Approved - but it's not overNorwich Apex data centre, Keswick, South Norfolk - Early stageQuest Park data centre campus, Stewartby - Decided in WhitehallHoughton Regis - Approved - but it's not overGraven Hill D1 data centre campus, Bicester - Approved - but it's not overNorth Weald Airfield data centre campus - Approved - but it's not overBedmond Road data centre campus, Abbots Langley - Council said no - overruledFormer Mercure Hotel, Tylers Way data centre campus - Decision pendingNscale Loughton AI data centre campus - Approved - but it's not overDidcot A power station data centre campus - Approved - but it's not overWapseys Wood data centre campus - Decided in WhitehallEast Havering Data Centre Campus - Decision pendingWoodlands Park data centre, Iver - Council said no - overruledTruman Brewery data centre and mixed-use redevelopment - Council said no - overruledCardiff East Park and Ride data centre - Decision pendingVantage Bridgend - Approved - but it's not overManor Farm, Poyle Road, Slough - Council said no - overruledManor Farm West, Poyle - Decision pendingThames Valley Park data centre, Earley - Decision pendingEbbsfleet AI Data Centre Campus, New Barn Road, Southfleet - Decided in WhitehallOrpington Data Centre - Early stageExpress Distribution Park data centre campus, Horsey, near Bridgwater - Early stageDevon Data Campus - Early stage
Decision pendingEarly stageDecided in WhitehallRefused - now at appealApproved - but it's not overCouncil said no - overruledBeing built - more to decideRefused

Locations are approximate.

39 campaigns

Decision pending

No shortcut for 600MW on Havering's Green Belt

North Ockendon and Upminster, Havering · 600MW
Decision pending

Don't let Poyle become data centre alley

Poyle and Colnbrook, Slough · 216MW, 23.5 ha
Decision pending

A gas-fuelled data centre at Thames Valley Park? Object by 29 October

Earley, Reading · 72MW, 5.4 ha
Decision pending

No data centre towers on Hertsmere's Green Belt

Bushey, Elstree and Letchmore Heath, Hertsmere · 200MW
Decision pending

Not another one: no gas data centre at West Sleekburn

West Sleekburn, near Bedlington · 50MW, 28 ha
Decision pending

Say no to Cato at Auchtertool

Auchtertool, Fife · 600MW, 25 ha
Decision pending

1GW at Chapelcross? Object by 29 October

Annan, Dumfries and Galloway · 1GW, 57 ha
Decision pending

Greenock's old IBM site: assess it properly first

Spango Valley, Greenock · 150MW, 28 ha
Decision pending

7,000 objections. Falkirk, listen.

Larbert, Falkirk · 300MW, 18.92 ha
Decision pending

1,296 objections. Cardiff deserves a fair hearing.

Llanrummney and Pentwyn, Cardiff · Not published
Early stage

Three data centres round Cambois? Count them together

Cambois, near Blyth, Northumberland · 300MW, 12 ha
Early stage

500MW on the Somerset Levels?

Horsey, near Bridgwater · 500MW, 130 ha
Early stage

Keep Little Bollington's fields green

Little Bollington, near Lymm · 60 ha
Early stage

A mega data centre on Norwich's edge?

Keswick, south Norwich · 90MW, 13 ha
Early stage

Keep Charmwood Farm green

Green Street Green, Orpington · 42MW, 10 ha
Early stage

North Devon farmland is no place for 1.5GW

Great Torrington, North Devon · 1.5GW, 344 ha
Early stage

Keep Westerhill's Green Belt green

Bishopbriggs and Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire · 300MW
Early stage

Don't sign Cockenzie up to a data centre

Cockenzie and Port Seton, East Lothian · 200MW, 28 ha
Early stage

Keep Wester Hermiston's Green Belt green

Currie and Riccarton, Edinburgh · 200MW, 24 ha
Decided in Whitehall

Keep Southfleet's fields free of a 300MW data centre

Southfleet and Ebbsfleet, Kent · 300MW, 59 ha
Decided in Whitehall

A 1GW gas plant and data centre at Quest Pit?

Stewartby, Bedfordshire · 720MW, 57.8 ha
Decided in Whitehall

No gas-fired data centre at Wapseys Wood

Gerrards Cross and Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire · 300MW, 75.6 ha
Refused - now at appeal

Edinburgh said no. Keep it that way.

South Gyle, Edinburgh · 212.42MW
Approved - but it's not over

Amazon's Didcot data centres: what's the full plan?

Didcot, Oxfordshire · 23 ha
Approved - but it's not over

Elsham deserves a say in what happens next

Elsham Wolds, North Lincolnshire · 1GW, 176 ha
Approved - but it's not over

203 diesel generators, approved without a vote

Bicester and Ambrosden, Oxfordshire · 290MW, 32.3 ha
Approved - but it's not over

Before Chalton's data centre is signed off

Chalton and Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire · 8.7 ha
Approved - but it's not over

South Killingholme: before the detail is approved

South Killingholme, North Lincolnshire · 384MW, 75.8 ha
Approved - but it's not over

Loughton's data centre was waved through without a vote

Loughton and Debden, Essex · 50MW, 1.6 ha
Approved - but it's not over

Google's North Weald data centre isn't signed off yet

North Weald Bassett, Essex · 164MW, 21 ha
Approved - but it's not over

Leeds hasn't signed off Microsoft's data centres yet

Stourton, south-east Leeds · 26.3 ha
Approved - but it's not over

Anglesey's old smelter site: what's really planned?

Holyhead, Anglesey · Not published
Approved - but it's not over

Bridgend's data centre: ten buildings, one decision so far

Waterton, Bridgend · 55 ha
Council said no - overruled

Abbots Langley said no. The Government said yes.

Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire · 96MW, 31 ha
Council said no - overruled

Ministers overruled Tower Hamlets on Brick Lane

Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets · Not published
Council said no - overruled

Slough was overruled on Manor Farm

Poyle and Colnbrook, Slough · 72MW, 8.16 ha
Council said no - overruled

Iver said no. Ministers said yes.

Iver, Buckinghamshire · 22.15 ha
Being built - more to decide

Cambois: two buildings started, eight still to decide

Cambois, near Blyth, Northumberland · 720MW, 102 ha
Refused

Anglesey said no at Amlwch. Keep it that way.

Amlwch Port, Anglesey · 24.7 ha

Not on the list?

We track more schemes on Data Centre Watch. If you know of a data centre planned near you that we've missed, tell us, ideally with the planning reference.