I'm trying to collect data on UK data centres active and planned. I'm currently looking up the planned Google Data Centre in North Weald that was given outline planning permission https://www.northweald-pc.gov.uk/google-data-centre/ There's a lot of planning docs https://eppingforestdc.my.site.com/pr/s/planning-application/a0hTv000007HGNhIAO/epf084925?c__r=Arcus_BE_Public_Register&tabset-dc51c=2 I haven't looked through every document but all the ones I've looked through seem to avoid mentioning Google and, instead, mention Global Infrastructure UK Ltd.
0 Boosts
0 Likes
I was only trying to find their planned energy usage. They seem to have made that figure very hard to find in all the planning docs. There's plenty of noise, building, archeology and environmental impacts but so little on energy usage. Eventually I found that it will be 164MW (229.6MW of unregulated electrical demand (100% Capacity)) in NWDC_ESVol1_Ch12_Climate Change_FINAL.pdf
Interestingly, the NWDC_Non Technical Summary_FINAL.pdf document has several screenshots that seem to be using OpenStreetMap map tiles, but uncredited. That is a choice for a "Google" data centre planning application.