Outline plans for a 3m sq ft hyperscale data centre campus at South Killingholme near Grimsby in Lincolnshire have been nodded through by the local council.
Developer Humber Tech Park said the ambitious plan would create one of the largest AI data centre campuses in Europe and represented an opportunity to secure a £2.2bn to £3bn investment in the area.
The plan includes three large buildings, offices and a 300,000 sq ft horticultural glass house with possible district heating system.
A new electricity substation would be built on the site to help handle the 386MW of IT system power requirements, the planning application said.
The greenfield site is bounded by the A160 dual carriageway to the north and west as it curves round between the Habrough Road Roundabout and the Bocklesby Interchange.
If the whole project were built out over a three to four-year period, the project would be supporting at least 2,500 to 3,500 jobs a year on and off site.
