L&G tables industrial overhaul with potential for 280,000 sq ft data centre
A 175,000 sq ft industrial unit is the other option being considered for an eight-acre site in Trafford Park currently occupied by GXO and owned by the BMW pension fund.
L&G, which asset manages the site for BMW, has submitted a hybrid application seeking full permission to knock down the site’s existing 123,000 sq ft shed and outline consent for either an industrial unit of a 280,000 sq ft, 36MW data centre.
The ultimate direction of the scheme will be determined by market forces.
The industrial unit option would generate more jobs. A fact reflected in the number of proposed car parking spaces – 156 – compared to the data centre – 51.
The industrial scheme would also provide 20 HGV parking spaces and 20 dock levellers.
Lichfields is advising on planning matters and TTSP is leading on design. The project team also features…
To learn more, search for reference number 118338/OUT/26 on Trafford Council’s planning portal.
Is there 36MW electricity available? either in Trafford Park, or in the whole UK?
By Sparky
On tenterhooks to find out the rest of the project team..!
By Anonymous
Nonsense .. where are they going to get 36MW from???
By Fight the Power