Plans emerge for £250m Salford data centre
Digital Land & Development has lodged an application for a 66,000 sq ft facility on the former Whites’ recycling centre between Eccles and Irlam.
Earlier this year, Peel Waters was granted planning permission for a 110,000 sq ft industrial scheme, featuring eight sheds.
However, DLD Salford, a vehicle of Digital Land & Development, has submitted fresh proposals for a single data centre.
The project would feature 12,000 sq ft of offices, a 56,000 sq ft data hall, and 63,500 sq ft of plant.
The data hall will reach eight metres at its highest point and will be set back from Liverpool Road. The front of house facilities – reception and offices – would be contained within a lower rise part of the scheme.
Primarily used for storage, the site is currently “underutilised”, according to a planning statement by WSP.
Peel acquired it in 2012 from White Recycling, which went bust three years later. The developer looked at the possibility of delivering residential on the site but discounted it due to viability constraints.
TTSP is advising the developer on design. To learn more about the project, search for reference number PA/2024/1810 on Salford City Council’s planning portal.
This is more good news for Salford. Well done.
Please could someone at Place North West enquire of the leaders of Liverpool City Council and Liverpool City Region what are their plans for the creation of such centres in the region or are we going to be last to the table again or miss out totally on such important investment and infrastructure.
By David
There’s plenty of data centres in and around Liverpool. Manchester doesn’t have a monopoly on them.
By Anonymous
Genuine question – is there much real benefit to GM using employment land – which continued planning disputes suggest is still in high demand – for big boxes which employ very few people once they are open and use huge amounts of electricity? Or do tech firms want them to be nearby/there is some benefit for them?
By Anonymous
@ 2:41 pm – Your question predisposes the idea that LPAs have real control over land use. Yes you can designate land in a local plan for a type of use but at the end of the day our system is discretionary so its whatever the market thinks is viable. LPAs judge the proposal on what is in front of them and not what could be. In this case this site is evidently more viable as a data centre hence the new application rather than the existing logistics shed.
By Anonymous
big thumbs up for Salford…. These next generation centres are vital to maintain a competitive edge for our region
By Anonymous