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.
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