The planning decision on a data centre in Cardiff has been taken away from the city council and will now be decided by the Welsh government, in what local anti-data centre campaigners are hailing as a “massive victory”.
The planning decision on a data centre in Cardiff has been taken away from the city council and will now be decided by the Welsh government, in what local anti-data centre campaigners are hailing as a “massive victory”.
The fact the application needs temporary use of gas turbines because the grid can’t cope with the demand should be a wake up call for our green ambitions.
As to where to site data centres I wish there was more thought to heat integration so the excess heat from data centres could be used to warm homes and water giving some local benefit to being near one.